Most ‘superheroes’ are nothing of the sort.

Most “superheroes” are nothing of the sort. They’re weird, neurotic creatures who do big things DESPITE lots of self-defeating habits and self-talk.

– Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans (2017), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Sounds familiar.

Today’s question – from a person who is TERRIBLE at delegating things – is this: How do you decide what to delegate? And what advice do you have for someone who is bad at identifying delegate-able things?

From one superhero to another: I look forward to your answers.

Unit measurements. (Quettabytes, anyone?)

As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers.

To do so, the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures on Friday introduced four new prefixes to the International System of Units, or metric system: ronna (27 zeroes after the first digit) and quetta (30 zeroes)…

– https://www.npr.org/2022/11/19/1137985619/metric-system-measurement-prefix

…(plus two more for very very small decimals).

The International System of Units (SI) has these standardised prefixes (among others):

Power – Prefix

  • 103 – kilo
  • 106 – mega
  • 109 – giga
  • 1012 – tera
  • 1015 – peta
  • 1018 – exa
  • 1021 – zetta
  • 1024 – yotta
  • 1027ronna
  • 1030quetta

#PASSSummit #SQLPASS #Summit2022

The big SQL Server conference, PASS Data Community Summit, is this week! If you’re not attending live, you can still register and attend virtually.

You who are registered, what sessions are you looking forward to? My strong considerations this year:

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2022

  • Beware Nondeterministic T-SQL Code
  • How to Write a Kickass Anything
  • Learning in an Ever Changing Technology Landscape – a Data Professional Perspective
  • Adaptive Leadership in Tech Workplaces
  • Maximizing Performance with Memory-Optimized Table Variables

Thursday, Nov 17, 2022

  • Building a Culture that Embraces Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
  • Lead with Confidence in Highly Innovation-Driven Environments
  • Women as Tech Leads – Tackling the Challenges

Friday, Nov 18, 2022

  • Query Shaping – Advanced Query Tuning
  • How to Win the Talent War — Or at Least Survive It
  • How to Run a Successful Proof of Concept (PoC)