Tag Archives: career

Can You Become a More Productive Engineer?

Posted on January 24, 2025 by way0utwest

The short answer is of course, most of us can learn and improve our skills to become better developers, engineers, DBAs, etc. While we might not be able to become the 10x engineer that many aspire to be, we can … Continue reading →

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Adding the Right Value

Posted on January 8, 2025 by way0utwest

I caught this post about a career presentation from Kendra Little and it resonated a bit with me. The summary of the post (it’s a bit long) is that there is valuable work that supports and benefits a team of … Continue reading →

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The Learning Plan for 2025

Posted on January 3, 2025 by way0utwest

I saw a post from Brent Ozar a couple of months ago promoting his Black Friday sale, which is really a Month-of-November-Training-Sale. I like that he does this, as I know it can take time to get purchases approved and … Continue reading →

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Capturing Ideas for Blogs

Posted on December 30, 2024 by way0utwest

As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and maybe inspire a few of you to write in 2025. This post looks at some examples of how I capture ideas for later and jot notes … Continue reading →

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