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Learning Goals–January Review

Posted on February 5, 2018 by way0utwest

In December I participated in T-SQL Tuesday #97 and wrote a post about 2018 goals. I promptly spent two weeks out of the country and then a relaxing holiday season. Actually, holidays extended slightly with a ski trip and a … Continue reading →

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Are You Always Up?

Posted on January 26, 2018 by way0utwest

I’ve had the opportunity to work for and with quite a few companies in my career. In some sense working as a database developer or database administratrator is very similar at many places. The “job’s the job,” as I’ve said … Continue reading →

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How to Grow In Your Career

Posted on January 19, 2018 by way0utwest

This is a great thread on Twitter from Jim Burger, a long time software developer. The thread is a distillation of how he keeps a passion for learning across decades. I think it’s a good list of items, seven of them in … Continue reading →

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Job Interviews: What is Normalization?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by way0utwest

This is part of a series that looks at interview questions that you might be asked. One of the cornerstones of a relational database is normalization. This is a database design technique that is used to decide how we might … Continue reading →

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