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The Value of Seniority

Posted on October 5, 2022 by way0utwest

There was a short but interesting post on the value of seniority. It’s written from the perspective of someone that gets a new co-worker, but the co-worker is from the future. In fact, it’s the future you. The post is … Continue reading →

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Daily Coping 5 Oct 2022

Posted on October 5, 2022 by way0utwest

Today’s coping tip is to choose to see your mistakes as steps to help you learn. I preach this with the kids I coach. Mistakes will happen, but let’s learn and grow from them and don’t dwell on them as … Continue reading →

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Daily Coping 4 Oct

Posted on October 4, 2022 by way0utwest

Today’s coping tip is to free up time by canceling any unnecessary plans. I. Suck. At. This. I don’t like to blow things off, and I do like to keep busy. I also don’t schedule a lot of things, and … Continue reading →

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The Growth of IQP

Posted on October 3, 2022 by way0utwest

When Microsoft started to talk about Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) before SQL Server 2017, I wasn’t sure what to think. There was a diagram with 20 things on it, and only 5 were highlighted (you can see that in the … Continue reading →

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