Monthly Archives: October 2011

An Awesome Job

Posted on October 5, 2011 by way0utwest

I recently watched The 3 As of Awesome with my daughter and loved it. It’s a short talk (17 min) from Neil Pasricha, the author of the 1000 awesome things blog. The talk goes through a roller coaster of emotions, at least for me, with … Continue reading →

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Networking for your career

Posted on October 5, 2011 by way0utwest

The more I learn about building a better career, and the more I talk to people that get new jobs or have success in business, the more I believe that networking is one of the most important things you can … Continue reading →

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Basic Inner Joins – Basic Skill #4

Posted on October 4, 2011 by way0utwest

This post is part of a series based on my presentation The Top Ten Skills You Need for SQL Server. This post is part of Skill #4 – Joins. This post is also serving as my T-SQL Tuesday post for … Continue reading →

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How do you learn the advanced stuff?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by way0utwest

I was talking with someone recently about features in SQL Server and they mentioned that partitioning was something DBAs should know. It’s only available in the Enterprise and Data Center editions for production use, but my friend noted that it … Continue reading →

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