Category: All Things MidnightDBA

SQL Education

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date September 5, 2011
Categories In Community, News-ish, Random helpfulness, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
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They always used to tell us that education is important. Education is (They said) key, in fact. We as a technical community apparently agree with Them, because we’ve devoted countless hours to writing and reading blogs, articles, books, abstracts, bios, and technical sessions. We’ve spent even more hours attending those sessions at user group meetings, […]

Roundup for Un-SQL Friday #005: Bad Interviews

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date July 29, 2011
Categories In News-ish, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, UnSQL

It’s time for the Un-SQL Friday #005 roundup! From managers… First up, The Lone DBA admits that he wasn’t always (ahem) one of us…he’s got some excellent advice from the hiring manager’s point of view. I particularly liked this: When asked what your biggest weaknesses are, it’s a good idea to stop talking after ten minutes. Actually, it’s […]

Speaking Schedule! I’m here (and there, and there…) to help

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date July 25, 2011
Categories In Community, News-ish, SQL Saturday, sql server, SQLPASS, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
1 Comment on Speaking Schedule! I’m here (and there, and there…) to help

Depending on whether you’re (A) me, or (B) you, the next few weeks are either (A) an insanely busy but enjoyable period of imparting knowledge, or (B) a wonderful opportunity to hear me speak at any of several different venues. Here’s the summary (past events greyed out): 7/27 4:45PM CST – EDMPASS. 7/29 11:30AM CST – SQLLunch.com. 7/29 […]