May 13, 2013 at 6:32 am
Looks great to me! I'm so glad it worked so well. The little girl who wanted to do more is really encouraging and endearing.
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May 13, 2013 at 7:30 am
Threadzians, I could use some help with my own personal RBAR horror story here. It's not that we want to do RBAR, but that we really don't seem to have much of a choice.
Please.
May 13, 2013 at 9:52 am
I like it!
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May 13, 2013 at 10:04 am
That is great Brandie. What a great idea that blossomed into something really spectacular. I suspect that those kids will remember that day for the rest of their lives. This is a such a good idea I am thinking of doing a similar exercise with the cub scouts.
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May 13, 2013 at 10:06 am
<rant>
I find it annoying that vendors throw somebody into a title such as Sr Database Support Analyst and the person is incapable of doing the job.
Provide an execution plan and they can't figure it out.
Provide performance statistics and it is over their head.
Provide diagnostics queries and they are flummoxed because it is over their head.
Don't be throwing around MCDBA and Sr Database Support Analyst if you don't know what it really is that you are doing.
If everything you are given has to go to your dev team to figure out what it means - then change your title and strip MCDBA off your signature.
</rant>
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May 13, 2013 at 10:10 am
May 13, 2013 at 10:11 am
Wonderful writeup for an excellent exercise with the little ones! Great job (for both) Brandie!
Wayne
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May 13, 2013 at 10:39 am
SQLRNNR (5/13/2013)
<rant>I find it annoying that vendors throw somebody into a title such as Sr Database Support Analyst and the person is incapable of doing the job.
Provide an execution plan and they can't figure it out.
Provide performance statistics and it is over their head.
Provide diagnostics queries and they are flummoxed because it is over their head.
Don't be throwing around MCDBA and Sr Database Support Analyst if you don't know what it really is that you are doing.
If everything you are given has to go to your dev team to figure out what it means - then change your title and strip MCDBA off your signature.
</rant>
The problem is, people picking titles, or approving them, don't know what this means. Plenty of vendors don't employ DBAs. Therefore they can't reasonably expect or evaluate candidates. Someone with 1 year of experience 12 times presents well, fits the job as they know it, and demands the title. They give it to him.
I had a few pieces years ago asking what people thought someone should know. Not a great response. Maybe I should put this up there as a living list of some sort.
May 13, 2013 at 10:41 am
May 13, 2013 at 10:55 am
Revenant (5/13/2013)
From the mouths of the babes: my 6 years old grandson loves it.
What is he programming?
May 13, 2013 at 10:56 am
Stefan Krzywicki (5/13/2013)
Looks great to me! I'm so glad it worked so well. The little girl who wanted to do more is really encouraging and endearing.
There were stars in her eyes as she went to work on the next one. She was seeing great things. I hope this jumpstarts an amazing career for her.
May 13, 2013 at 11:04 am
So I'm thinking that this Workflow Logic for Kids is something I'd like to push to more than just our little community. Not only would it encourage children to explore programming as a career, but it might push them more into sciences and math.
That being the case, and since y'all seem to like the post so much, would you mind linking to it in other communities?
And of course feel free to use the burger example or redo what I wrote about to teach kids in your communities if you want / have the opportunity.
Also, if you do use it, comments on the post about your experiences or adding new thoughts on the process would be greatly appreciated.
May 13, 2013 at 11:08 am
Brandie Tarvin (5/13/2013)
So I'm thinking that this Workflow Logic for Kids is something I'd like to push to more than just our little community. Not only would it encourage children to explore programming as a career, but it might push them more into sciences and math.That being the case, and since y'all seem to like the post so much, would you mind linking to it in other communities?
And of course feel free to use the burger example or redo what I wrote about to teach kids in your communities if you want / have the opportunity.
Also, if you do use it, comments on the post about your experiences or adding new thoughts on the process would be greatly appreciated.
A small suggestion: to make the decision more obvious (or easier to follow), I would make the arrows green for 'yes' and orange for 'no'.
May 13, 2013 at 11:18 am
Revenant (5/13/2013)
Brandie Tarvin (5/13/2013)
So I'm thinking that this Workflow Logic for Kids is something I'd like to push to more than just our little community. Not only would it encourage children to explore programming as a career, but it might push them more into sciences and math.That being the case, and since y'all seem to like the post so much, would you mind linking to it in other communities?
And of course feel free to use the burger example or redo what I wrote about to teach kids in your communities if you want / have the opportunity.
Also, if you do use it, comments on the post about your experiences or adding new thoughts on the process would be greatly appreciated.
A small suggestion: to make the decision more obvious (or easier to follow), I would make the arrows green for 'yes' and orange for 'no'.
AHHa. I like that suggestion. I will update the pic by the end of the day.
May 13, 2013 at 11:57 am
Brandie Tarvin (5/13/2013)
Threadzians, I could use some help with my own personal RBAR horror story here. It's not that we want to do RBAR, but that we really don't seem to have much of a choice.Please.
I posted a set-based solution there for you.
Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes
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