I am grateful for the help that I have received from SQL Server contributors, MVP or not. It has definitely improved my skills. I have paid it forward by sharing...

A scream doll named Misery. . . Who loves company. Misery sometimes visits people who are having a bad day -- sometimes with a post-it note stuck to it.

I often solve problems after I temporarily set them aside — apparently my subconscious works on them. Technical challenges are generally ok. Dreaming about work is a pretty good sign...

If I dream about work, that's a bad sign.

I agree it is best to own up to one's mistakes and notify those impacted as soon as possible and of course fix them quickly, but carefully. It is the...

The one thing that concerns me, is that we are all too ready to punish someone for the rest of their life for something they did (perhaps only once) and...

I was once asked in an interview what a manager could do to motivate me to do my best. I struggled to answer that. I realized later that the reason...