2020 Year in Review
Yeah, so…that was a hell of a year, wasn’t it? Short-Form Reviews of Year 2020 Reviewer #1: 👎 Reviewer #2: ★✩✩✩✩, would not recommend
Read More 2020 Year in ReviewYeah, so…that was a hell of a year, wasn’t it? Short-Form Reviews of Year 2020 Reviewer #1: 👎 Reviewer #2: ★✩✩✩✩, would not recommend
Read More 2020 Year in ReviewKicking off T-SQL Tuesday for 2020, Jon Shaulis (blog | twitter) challenges us to talk about imposter syndrome: I want to read your stories about when you’ve experienced, seen, or overcome imposter syndrome! Was there a job that you felt you were ill-prepared for? Did you make a mistake or did someone say something that…
Read More T-SQL Tuesday #122: Imposter SyndromeAs we open 2020 (and the house is still quiet on this New Year’s Morning), I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on the past year.
Read More 2019 Year in ReviewThis is the final installment in my series of posts which I hope will help you (and me!) prepare for the upcoming PASS Summit November 4-8, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Read More Preparing for PASS Summit – Odds and EndsThis is the third in my series of posts which I hope will help you (and me!) prepare for the upcoming PASS Summit November 4-8, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Read More Preparing for PASS Summit – Sessions!This is my second post in a series which I hope will help you (and me!) prepare for the upcoming PASS Summit November 4-8, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Read More Preparing for PASS Summit – Networking and EventsThis is Part 3 in a three-part series. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for more.
Read More Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 3)This is Part 2 of a series. Please see Part 1 for the background and more.
Read More Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 2)This is part one of a three-part series. I’ve mentioned in various places, including in blog posts on occasion, that my production SQL Server instance hosts several thousand (nearly 9000 as of this writing) databases. People are usually surprised to hear this and it often leads to interesting conversation.
Read More Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of DatabasesThis is my fourth installment in a series responding to Steve Jones’s (blog | twitter) #SQLCareer challenge. I jotted down most of what I did through the day, filling a page and then some in a small notebook with timestamps and short reminders of what happened. For more, check out the #SQLCareer hashtag on Twitter.
Read More A Day in the Life (4/?) – August 2, 2019