Tag Archives: career

The Pressure to Compromise Ethics

Posted on November 30, 2016 by way0utwest

There have always been those that seek to defraud, deceive or mislead their customers. In order to do this, someone inside an organization has always been willing to pressure employees to compromise their ethics and morals. Construction companies may use … Continue reading →

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Hire the Right People

Posted on November 28, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve seen this list of why projects fail going around the Internet for awhile (recently from Brent Ozar Unlimited).  There are a number of items in here, and if you substitute some other field for the data scientist part, you … Continue reading →

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A New Recovery Tool for Your Toolbelt

Posted on November 15, 2016 by way0utwest

Those of us that administer databases and are responsible for ensuring the integrity and availability of data know that being able to restore systems is a core skill. In the SQL Server world, this should mean more than just being able to … Continue reading →

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Go Code

Posted on November 10, 2016 by way0utwest

Should we be teaching more people to code? That’s a question I ponder, especially after re-reading an old view against the idea, a newer one, and a pro-code piece. At the end of the day, I think that coding is … Continue reading →

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