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The Job Outlook for Database Professionals

Posted on March 5, 2025 by way0utwest

This is a strange time for many technology professionals and their employment. It seems many organizations have open positions and are struggling to fill those slots with qualified candidates (one look at this). At the same time, many other organizations … Continue reading →

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A Poor Data Model

Posted on March 3, 2025 by way0utwest

Recently there was some online complaints about social security numbers (SSNs) in the US being duplicated and re-used by individuals. This is really political gamesmanship, so ignore the political part. Just know that social security numbers appear to be one … Continue reading →

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Your Biggest Data Model Complaints

Posted on February 28, 2025 by way0utwest

I’ve been working with databases for a long time and there are no shortage of things I’ve seen other people do that I don’t like. Sometimes I shake my head a little. Sometimes I might groan inwardly (hopefully not aloud), … Continue reading →

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Why Not Use AI?

Posted on February 26, 2025 by way0utwest

Erin Stellato, a program manager at Microsoft, asked a very interesting question on LinkedIn: “why do you *not* want a Copilot in SSMS?” That got me to stop and think a minute. Why don’t we want to use an AI … Continue reading →

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