Work/Training Balance - The hidden balancing act
Should we be considering our Work/Training Balance as part of our careers?
2021-06-23 (first published: 2016-12-05)
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Editorials
Lots of Data and AI Helping Firefighters
Using AI/ML to help process large amounts of data allows us to tackle problems that we might not otherwise be able to work on.
2021-06-21
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Deceptive Visualizations
I'm sure there are plenty of examples, but I've seen deceptive data visualizations far too often in mass media. I don't often watch the news, but at times I've been at the gym, saw a graph on a television, and been a little surprised. The issue that bothered me is similar to what's discussed in […]
2021-06-19
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Evaluting a DBA
Steve has a few thoughts on hiring and the way in which you might want to evaluate a DBA candidate.
2021-06-18
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Tracking, Privacy, and Lots of Data
Apple has implemented some privacy controls for customers, which some advertisers don't like, but Steve agrees with.
2021-06-16
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Useless Hackathons
Are hackathons a good way to get a project started? It's not clear to Steve that open ended events are good.
2021-06-14
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Live On Stage AND On Your Screen
I've just finished up teaching at an in-person event, the first in fifteen months. It was the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference (formerly known as SQLIntersection). The event organizers did a great job making it into a hybrid event, where we presented both in-person and virtually, so that people could choose if they wanted […]
2021-06-12
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2021-06-11
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2021-06-09
204 reads
The Tech Blame Game
There has been a trend to blame a single IT person, or a small group, for issues in large enterprises. Nowhere else in the corporate world would one person be blamed for a major failure.
2021-06-07
290 reads
Blogs
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
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When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a company?
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How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Forums
Learn Microsoft Fabric: A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence
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Learn Microsoft Fabric: A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence
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Rebuild Index Job on a Large DB
We have a db close to 3 tb and rebuilding/ reorganizing indexes weekly is...
Question of the Day
Renaming a Database
If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)
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