SQL in the Mind’s Eye
How do you see SQL? I’m going to start with the traditional code-only approach, and then expand with an example to see what happens visually. From the books I’ve read […]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Data Through the Eyes of a 5 Year Old
Teaching children to program at an early age is a trend I am fully behind. We have Scratch from MIT where you drag and drop commands to move objects around the […]
Starting a PASS Chapter: After the Inaugural Meeting
The best advice I ever received while playing baseball as a child was to run through first base. Without knowing this option, our natural tendency is to decelerate or slide […]
Starting a PASS Chapter: During the Inaugural Meeting
Setting up your inaugural user group meeting is a lot like cooking Thanksgiving dinner. You may spend a couple weeks ensuring not a single insignificant detail goes unnoticed, only to […]
How to Get SQL Server Experience Without Any Experience
So you want to start your career in databases (admin, developer, engineer, analyst, wizard, bushwhacker, etc.), but you don’t have the requisite experience to get that coveted on-the-job experience you […]
Starting a PASS Chapter: Before the Inaugural Meeting
I joined the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) after reading Brent Ozar’s article on How to Get a Junior DBA Job – Part 3. It was the first I […]
Visual SQL Alternatives
I wrote in my last post about the lack of visual representation while learning SQL. Please, don’t just take my word for it. Let’s answer this question together, “What alternatives […]
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