I am proud and fortunate to be sitting beside stars of the community at the blogging table this year. I will be updating this post with details of the keynote as we go along here…a chilly fall morning in Seattle and day #1 of the PASS Summit. Some highlights of typical day #1 keynotes are… Continue reading PASS Summit 2018 – Day 1 – 11/7/2018

I am proud and honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday again. This monthly blog party started by SQL Guru Adam Machanic since 2009 has completed 100 months this year and am the lucky host of event #108. If you are participating in this month’s party (kindly coordinated by my dear friend Steve Jones (b|t) –… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 108 Invitation- Non SQL Server Technologies

I love to write. It is how I express myself best. During the last fall I was pondering starting on a book, my first one. I’ve heard many people talk of the experience. Some enjoy it, others think it is too much work in return for too little. (We don’t need a lot of intelligence… Continue reading Data Professionals at Work – a book-writing adventure

I’ve written many posts on SQL Saturdays , especially the one at Louisville. This one is a  bit different. This is my last time co running an event and also marks my move from the town I lived in for almost two decades. This is a story of my personal growth along with the event.… Continue reading 10 SQL Saturdays – and a personal parting of ways

I recently accepted a job offer in another town and relocated from my base of Louisville, KY. I have not relocated in 18 years, and had several lessons to learn in this process. Some lessons I had learned from 10 years of running SQL Saturdays came in handy for this…as below: 1 Plan: A SQL… Continue reading Lessons on relocating – from running SQL Saturdays

Today marks 3 days since we’ve lost Robert Davis a.k.a SQLSoldier, one of the pillars of SQL Family community. I was introduced to Robert many years ago at one of the PASS Summits. I had known of him as a SQL genius well before that. One of my good friends from the local SQL community… Continue reading Ohhhhhh S…t!! A tribute to Robert Davis

As someone who just crossed three decades of working in technology – I have a sudden renewed interest in understanding how careers in technology evolve with age or years of experience. Those of us older in this industry are among the first generation who have worked almost an entire career in technology. We do not… Continue reading Data experiments with salary survey – I