July 2024’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Dr. SQL himself, Louis Davidson. The topic is “What Advice Do You Wish Current You Could Go Back and Give Past You as You Were Starting Your First Data Platform Job?” I learn from my mistakes and I’ve learned plenty since my first data platform job! Defining “my …
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#TSQL2sday Has AI Helped you with your SQL Server Job?
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my friend and brother from another mother, Pinal Dave. My job title is Chief Data Engineer for Enterprise Data & Analytics and Enterprise Data & AI. So, “Has AI Helped you with your SQL Server Job?” In a word, yes. I can hear some of you thinking, … …
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A Procrastination Tale
Late in the evening of 30 Dec, the temperature in casa de Leonard began dropping. The thermostat continued to report a 68°F setting, our setting for cool-ish to downright cold evenings. When I first checked the in-house temperature a little after midnight, the current temperature read 64°F. By morning, the current temperature had dropped to …
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Searching for Your Next Opportunity?
A friend compiled these thoughts about searching for your Next Opportunity: Reading “How to Survive if You Were Part of the Tech Layoffs” Wired Magazine: How to Survive if You Were Part of the Tech Layoffs | WIRED Online LinkedIn has a ton of posts and resources. This search will pull the latest from LinkedIn. Random …
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How to Stand Out and Gain Followers on Social Media
How’s that for click bait? Does Unsolicited Stuff Bother You? I have to admit, some unsolicited stuff bothers me. It’s one thing if I sign up for a newsletter or follow an account. It’s different if someone visits a contact form on my site and spams me. I have a personal rule to never, ever, …
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AndyStream for 5 Nov 2021
AndyStream for 05 Nov 2021 includes book recommendations.
Q & A: Learning ETL. Where Should I Focus?
A viewer on my YouTube channel asked, “Never been too deep into SSIS, but the new role I’ll be taking on involves ETL, should I be focusing on Azure Data Factory, or do you recommend I keep a foot in each of those worlds?” My response? At this time, it’s prudent to cultivate options in …
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