Category: People and Opinions

Jobs that beat the caring out of you

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date March 28, 2019
Categories In Career, Fluffy Stuff, People and Opinions
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I wrote a long Twitter thread today, about my worst professional job ever. (Thanks to Spooler for unrolling it for me.) Here it is: I was just talking to a friend about jobs that beat the caring out of you. They can do it in a number of ways, like setting you up so there’s […]

Fun with PowerShell: I made a game

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date November 19, 2018
Categories In Beginner, Fluffy Stuff, Powershell, Random helpfulness, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
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So we got to playing around with PowerShell last week – one son is making a game hack, and the other is making a game, both with PowerShell. So I decided to get in on the fun. I wasn’t feeling particularly creative, so I stole the idea of (ahem) that game where you plug in names […]

All about PASS Summit 2018

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date September 19, 2018
Categories In Community, News, PASS Summit, People and Opinions, SQLPASS, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC

Here are the things you must/should probably know about PASS Summit 2018, as told by me. First Timers Read this blog, of course. Register for Denny Cherry’s attendee orientation. Sign up for the PASS Buddy Program. And their advice about travel. Get on Twitter and meet people. Check out the #PASSSummit tag. I’m @MidnightDBA on […]