I’m starting with my last paragraph–this blog post is a really long read. I recommend going to the SQLPASS website and watching this keynote, you will learn a ton about NoSQL and how it works.. This was truly incredible–really in-depth technical content, explained in a way that DBAs could easily understand. If anyone from PASS […]
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Salary Data–Where to Get It..
So in yesterday’s WIT luncheon, there was a bit of discussion on salary data. There was even a discussion on going to your local HR department, to find out the range for your position. DON’T FREAKING DO THAT!!!! This could be a whole another topic, but you don’t want to send a loud signal to […]
SQL Pass–Day 2 Keynote
Bill Graziano took the stage in a lovely green kilt, with proper socks. Talking about growth in PASS outside of North America. For those of you not directly involved, PASS has been making a big (and successful) push to grow regions particularly outside in Europe and Asia. Lori Edwards (twitter) is the winner of the […]
What PASS Has Meant to Me and My Career
On the eve of leaving for my first PASS Summit, I wanted to talk a little bit about what the SQL Server community has meant to me and my career. In my older roles at Wyeth, I was largely an Oracle DBA, but I had always dabbled in SQL Server since the beginning of my […]
Meme Monday
This Meme Monday is hosted by Tom Larock (blog|twitter) and the subject is the worst way you have ever been asked for help. Well my last project had some nightmarish moments, like getting called at midnight for a minor problem, or having a 2 am conference call. But one developer really took the cake with […]
Time for Change
As some of you may have seen on my LinkedIn profile, I recently made a job change. This as always was a hard decision, as I really liked the folks I was working with at my old company and getting to work in Europe (Switzerland) was a great career experience. Here’s a little bit of […]
unSQL Friday–Lessons Learned while Presenting
Jen McCown (blog|twitter) has organized a great topic for this unSQL Friday–lessons learned while presenting. Like she mentioned in her post–these don’t necessarily have to be tragedies, just things you’ve picked up along the way while presenting. Fortunately, in my few years of doing technical presentations, I’ve never had a major demo failure, or a […]
Presentation from SQL Rally
Here is my slide deck from SQL Rally–Deploying your Application to SQL Azure. http://slidesha.re/laEEnL I’ve put out a request to Microsoft on pricing for Azure Reporting Services, I’ll post here as soon as I find out.
SQL Rally Talk Tomorrow!
Tomorrow I will be speaking at SQL Rally (Thursday 9:40 AM), on Deploying your Applications to the Cloud. I’ll talk a little bit about SQL Azure, and then discuss how you can use to it to benefit your business, how not to use it, and the finally what you need to do to connect to […]
The Top 5 Things I learned during my MBA program.
This post originated one night when John Sterrett (blog|twitter) was asking for a good place to find salary information. I was able to quickly refer him to O*Net, a government database of job descriptions, and extensive salary info based on IRS return data. I mentioned that it was one of the top five things I […]