Tag Archives: career

What Not To Say

Posted on January 26, 2011 by way0utwest

This article on 8 things your boss doesn’t want to hear made me smile. There are a few phrases listed that I would definitely recommend not using if you want to succeed in your current place of employment. Having managed … Continue reading →

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Data Scientists

Posted on January 18, 2011 by way0utwest

Would you like to be a data scientist? In some sense I think that many of us working with SQL Server are amateur data scientists. Whether it’s building a report, or just writing code to summarize data, we are working … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #14–Resolutions

Posted on January 10, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month the Midnight DBAs (Jen’s blog | Sean’s blog | @MidnightDBA) are hosting the party. You can read about the whole T-SQL Tuesday blog party idea from Adam Machanic (blog, Twitter) if you … Continue reading →

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Building Better Communication Skills

Posted on January 10, 2011 by way0utwest

I think that one of the most valuable skills that someone in technology can have is the ability to communicate with others. It doesn’t matter whether you write code, rack servers, or sit in meetings with business people, it is … Continue reading →

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