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iAI is obviously the hot new thing and prognostications for the future range from the unicorns-and-rainbows life of idleness for us all to the post-apocalyptic
iAI is obviously the hot new thing and prognostications for the future range from the unicorns-and-rainbows life of idleness for us all to the post-apocalyptic
Summer Sale time! Hundreds of dollars lower-than-ever prices on our signature 158-hour Blackbelt training bundle: US$699 for one-year access (or to upgrade) – $200 lower
Spring is already in the air here in Redmond so time for March Madness! Hundreds of dollars lower-than-ever prices on our signature 158-hour Blackbelt training
(Meeps, one of our seven cats, helping with the selection process…) Since my first round of community mentoring back in 2015, when I mentored 54
[Edit 12/16/2022:the deadline for submissions is now closed.] In 2015 I mentored 54 people for six months. In 2020 I mentored 37 people on-and-off for
(This is also the Ponderings – editorial – in today’s SQLskills newsletter.) I want to start out this post by sincerely thanking everyone who emailed
Since my first round of community mentoring back in 2015, when I mentored 54 people for six months, I’ve been asked periodically whether I’d do
[Edit 8/19/2020: the offer is now closed – pleased don’t post any more comments – thanks] Back in 2015 I mentored 54 people for a
Continuing our new partnership with Kandio, we now have an Azure DBA assessment for you to try! We’ve been involved in a lot of recruiting processes
Continuing our new partnership with Kandio, we now have MySQL assessments for you to try! We’ve been involved in a lot of recruiting processes for
We’re excited to announce that we have a new partnership! We’ve been involved in a lot of recruiting processes for our clients and realized we
One of the things I always recommend in the first newsletter of each year is to try to get a mentor. On the flip side
It’s been almost three years since I wrote a T-SQL Tuesday post (shame on me!), but this is one I definitely want to contribute to.
With the publication of our most recent Pluralsight course last month, we now have a whopping 50 online training courses available through Pluralsight, totally more
The story I wrote for our SQLskills Insider newsletter on Monday last week resonated so well with people that I thought I’d publish it here
A couple of weeks ago I kicked off a competition of sorts, to find some people to mentor to celebrate the community voting me “Person You’d
Every year Redgate hands out a series of Tribal Awards, voted for by the SQL Server community around the world. In the 2013 awards I won
Back in August I wrote a long post about how to ask questions politely and correctly to address what I see as a growing volume
This post is a much-expanded version of the editorial in my last bi-weekly SQLskills Insider newsletter, including a bunch of the feedback I got. (Also see
Fellow MVP Chris Shaw (b | t) wrote a blog post earlier this week on learning from mistakes and tagged me to write a similar
My latest online training course was published by Pluralsight on Friday: Communications: How to Talk, Write, Present, and Get Ahead! The course is 2.5 hours
Last week I presented for the PASS Virtual Chapter on Professional Development about Communication Skills and the whole thing was recorded via LiveMeeting. It's 70
Every so often I do non-SQL blog posts about things and one of the topics that comes up again and again is communication skills. The
Jonathan Kehayias is such a nice guy. After our recent perf tuning Immersion Event in Chicago last month he had an idea for each of
There are several reasons why I’ve drastically cut back on the amount of time I spend in the various online SQL Server forums, including: People
This is almost our catch phrase. In every class we teach Kimberly and I always say that the answer to every question about SQL Server
You’re ignorant. About lots of things. Yes, you are. Feel offended? We’re all ignorant about lots and lots of things. Last week I wrote a non-technical
I think many people imagine that technical acumen and razor-sharp problem solving skills are the most important skills to be a successful consultant. I would
(Used with permission from Dilbert.com) Following on from the survey I did about what your company is doing for you and vice-versa (see Job
Following my survey on company and employee loyalty, job security, and retention, I think it'll be very useful to the community to do a survey
(Used with permission from Dilbert.com) It's an interesting marketplace for DBAs right now. Depending on who you speak to, and what your view into
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