Tag Archives: work

Which Work Is Suited for In-Person?

Posted on July 15, 2022 by way0utwest

In this article on flexible working plans, number four makes a good point. What work is suited for live, in-person interaction? Which aspects of your job benefit from seeing others face-to-face? Today I’m asking data professionals to think about it. … Continue reading →

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The Home Setup

Posted on July 9, 2022 by way0utwest

For many years, a home setup has been something us geeky people built to experiment, have fun, maybe play games, maybe for some career learning away from work. I’ve written about various workstations, as has Glenn Berry. Then the pandemic … Continue reading →

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Be Smart

Posted on July 6, 2022 by way0utwest

An engineer at Google recently claimed that one of the AI chatbots might have become sentient. Great headlines, and whether true or not, this might bring some notoriety to the engineer.. It certainly did, and it also resulted in the … Continue reading →

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Onboarding Remote Employees

Posted on June 22, 2022 by way0utwest

I guess that I was a remote employee that needed to onboard at a new company at one point. When Redgate Software bought SQL Server Central, I lived in Colorado and the company was (mostly) in Cambridge, UK. However, I … Continue reading →

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