Trick Question

Introduction

This post is the fifty-fourth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page.

This post is about you.

Me?

Yep, you. Two questions:

  1. What is your job title? (<β€”Not a trick question)
  2. What business are you in? (<β€”Trick question)

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Andy Leonard

andyleonard.blog

Christian, husband, dad, grandpa, Data Philosopher, Data Engineer, Azure Data Factory, SSIS guy, and farmer. I was cloud before cloud was cool. :{>

23 thoughts on “Trick Question

  1. 1. SQL Server DBA.
    2. I solve puzzles. (I’m not kidding. This is what I tell prospective employers.)
    -D.

  2. 1. BI Architect
    2. Getting whatever needs to be done, done, to the best of my abilities given the resources I have, am given, and can aquire.  Do this for my employer, my career, my family and myself; not necessarily in that order and the order always changing.

  3. 1. DB Developer
    2. Officially – Church Management Software (though likely to branch out quite a bit in the not too distant future in quite a few ways)
      Less officially, but more accurately – satisfying the customers and serving people

  4. 1. Principal Consultant
    2) I help people solve business problems using technology solutions. (short answer is the first three words).

  5. 1. Manager, IT
    2. SELECT WhatEver.Project, WhenEver.DueDate, WhenEver.Priority
    FROM WhatEver
    INNER JOIN WhenEver ON WhatEver.BossWants = WhenEver.BossNeeds
    WHERE WhenEver.DueDate BETWEEN NOW() AND THEN()

  6. Primary
    1.) Husband/Dad
    2.) Providing for my wife and children
    Secondary
    1.) Principal Consultant
    2.) Everyone is in sales right? πŸ™‚

  7. DBA
    Telepathy, psychokinesis, cursing, prestidigitation, frequent wizardry and an occasional sideline in necromancy.  General mastery of black arts.

  8. 1) Development Coordinator/Babysitter/DBA/Query Writer/Installer/Tech Support/Salesman/Whatever else my boss tells me I am.
    2) Yes.

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