This month’s TSQL2sday is hosted by one of my favorite presenters, Rob Volk. His challenge for us is to use analogies and explain a database concept like you would to a five year old. I love this idea..because so many of us techies have challenges with getting down-to-earth and simple when it comes to explaining… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 131: Data Analogies, or: Explain Databases Like I’m Five!
There is no doubt that this is a time when we all have to be extra aware and work towards keeping our skills aligned with market needs. During this time of great crisis, the last thing we want is to lose our jobs or not have the skills necessary to land a new one. Multiple… Continue reading Azure SQL Championship
One of my colleagues/friends read my earlier blog post on the future of PASS and said he was not aware that being seen as a minority person was among my reasons for supporting them. In this one I want to explain that a bit more.There is a strongly held belief in the tech community atleast… Continue reading Being seen and why PASS helped
As most people reading this would know…the PASS organization is in a state of crisis now following the decision to go virtual. We are in a place where we are obligated to get very high attendance #s for the virtual summit, or risk going under if not. While on the face of it this seems… Continue reading PASS – Meanderings
I was fortunate to attend a training on SSIS by my good friend and SSIS expert Andy Leonard(b|t). We already use the tool for ETL purposes where I work and I have mid level familiarity with it. I was able to pick up many best practices and tips and tricks. I highly recommend Andy’s training… Continue reading Deleting packages from SSIS Catalog
I had the opportunity of working on a project converting a postgres database to a sql server based one at work. I used this opportunity to learn more of this platform and decided to write some blog posts on it. I will be focusing quite a bit on how this compares with SQL Server as… Continue reading Learning Postgres:Installation
This is a summary of potential resources for any tech person who is interested in working from home – temporarily or full time. It came about from a twitter conversation on subject. This is not an attempt to promote any way of working, nor does it mean you need all of these resources to telecommute.… Continue reading Telecommute Resources
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jess Pomfret. Jess’s theme is ‘Life Hacks to make your day easier’. She talks of some things we do to make life simpler/easier. Two of mine are as below.1 Before I accepted the current gig I am at – I worked several years in telecommuting positions. I found… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 123: Life Hacks to make your day easier
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jon Shaulis – the topic is an evergreen one, dealing with Imposter Syndrome. I learned of this word via Mindy Curnett a.k.a @sqlgirl in one of her presentations. I was aware of it in a different way for a long time. Trauma victims know what it is better… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #122: Being authentic
I started keeping a written record on bigger goals in life from the year 2018 – following the example set by Steve Jones and Brent Ozar. This method of keeping track is called ‘Epic Life Quest’. I wrote my first blog post on it in 2017, and then another in early 2019. This is my… Continue reading Epic Life Quest – 2020 Update
