Imagine the auto industry, building vehicles that mostly work, and you have to keep taking them back to be patched on a monthly basis.  Imagine vehicle patches as, fixing...

I appreciate people posting their close calls.  Understanding that even the most trained and vigilant of us can get caught would hopefully lead us to being compassionate when our users...

I appreciate Phil Parkin's comment regarding perfect being in the eye of the beholder. I recently re-designed a screen for our staff and had one user review it.  The user...

@Mr. Brian Gale:  Another great post.  You are preaching to choir with your opinions, but you have more details to back up the points.

FYI: I was on my way to...

UPDATE: Because I'm not having any direct contact with our "Dell rep" who advises us on Microsoft licensing and because I'm worried that the specific business need may not have...

@Mr. Brian Gale

Oh my gosh, much of your reply is SOOO helpful.  Thank you for taking the time to type all that out.

re: "My second bit of advice is are...

I'm an outlier.  I used one 19 inch monitor when I worked at the office.  I started working at home when covid started and am now officially a remote worker...

"The other thing is that I need to see some effort and desire to succeed. I don't need someone to be an expert, but I do need them to show...

"When I interview people, I want to know a few things. One is can I get along with them, as well as the rest of the team. This isn't to...

This was an excellent article.  I like your attention to detail as you wrote.  Thank you.

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Dave P wrote: " You should be upgrading every time [SSMS] is available. Why wouldn't...

So some folks are driving around town with a cone on their car - to protest other people's use of their car? Are they protesting congestion (which makes no sense)...

Being a introvert on the far end of the scale, I noticed years ago that vacations, while important for preventing burnout at work, were a big drain on my energy.  ...

re: "One thing I have noticed is that cloud vendors are much quicker to upgrade their offerings. ... Now there may be 20 or 30 releases per day! That desensitises...

RE: "In my previous companies, my experience was similar to yours. SQL Server 2008 R2 was a very stable released for us and it served hundreds of client databases/servers well....

I appreciate your blog post, both the information about Moore's passing and your perspective on why it appears that companies are keeping up with new SQL Server versions.

I don't disagree...