Tag: Humor

On the first day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
A table with a primary key

On the second day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the third day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the fourth day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the fifth day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the sixth day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the seventh day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the eighth day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Eight tables to remove
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the ninth day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Nine unit tests
Eight tables to remove
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the 10th day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Ten database containers
Nine unit tests
Eight tables to remove
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the 11th day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Eleven Extended Events
Ten database containers
Nine unit tests
Eight tables to remove
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

On the 12th day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me
Twelve tickets already closed
Eleven Extended Events
Ten database containers
Nine unit tests
Eight tables to remove
Seven maintenance jobs
Six unnested views
Five execution plans
Four database roles
Three stored procs
Two Foreign Keys, and
A table with a primary key

It’s Halloween today, which is a day when children typically dress up and go looking for candy. It’s supposed to be trick or treat, but I’ve seen relatively few tricks and lots of treats with my kids. No Halloween for me, and likely a quiet day as I get ready for travel to Seattle and try to relax at home for a few days. My kids are grown and no others come to my house out in the country.

More than a few adults will dress up in costume today. Some will come to work in an outfit, which is something I’ve done in the past. In my 20s, I’d wear a gorilla mask and hands, frightening more than a few people who weren’t expecting a hairy hand to fall on their shoulder or hand them a report. I haven’t done that in years, and I think those days are behind me.

Some people will dress up at night, going out to have fun at a party. Surrounded by others that are enjoying themselves, or competing to see how creative you can be is fun. Perhaps you dress up to take your kids out and enjoy the night with them.

Many of us do need to work today, as Halloween isn’t a holiday in most organizations. We’ll have various experiences at work, maybe a horrific day when we break something with the wrong click or poorly structured code. Maybe we’ll do something heroic that saves the day, or at least helps someone else.

With today a costume day, I want to ask you which character, hero, icon you’d like to emulate in your daily work. Is it a computer scientist like Alan Turing? Maybe Iron Man that flies in to rescue a disaster? Maybe you’re the fireman that shuts down a problem. Let us know what costume you’d like your work to wear.

Steve Jones

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