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On May 16, 2014, I bought a domain on a whim. I'd been sitting in the NOCC at my employer, helping with maintenance. I was waiting on another team to perform their task, and champing at the bit. Over the next week, I set up a Blogger website, tied my domain to …
Continue readingBloggers spend a lot of time writing about our successes, but we're human and we make mistakes, too. This post is a chance to share one of my memorable failures.
Continue readingAbout two years ago, I moved my home office down into the basement at our house. Earlier this year, I started a new job at SentryOne, and work from home full time. This means I spend more (awake) time in my office than any other room in the house. I thought …
Continue readingIt’s been almost two weeks since the LGBTQ Meetup that I organized at PASS Summit, and I wanted to offer a bit of follow-up and commentary on the event. Why did I wait two weeks before writing this follow-up? Well, tomorrow is American Thanksgiving, so I …
Continue readingBack in January, Malathi Mahadevan asked me if I would participate in a book she was working on. The book, "Data Professionals At Work", is part of Apress Media's "...At Work" series, an anthology of interviews with Microsoft-focused data professionals
Continue readingIn 2016, I organized an (unofficial) PASS Summit LGBT Meetup. It was a bit of a last-minute party, and more than once I found myself saying, “Worst case scenario, I’ll end up having a chill cocktail party with some friends.” Turns out, I under estimated …
Continue readingOn my flight home from a conference in Europe, I found myself watching a documentary on Fred Rogers. This prompted me to reflect on some of the extra special people in my life that have helped me get where I am.
Continue readingI’m no accidental DBA. Very shortly after I started working in tech, I realized that I wanted to be a DBA when I grew up. Eventually, I landed that DBA job, and have been a DBA ever since. A couple of weeks ago, I told my manager I was leaving and gave my …
Continue readingWatch my PASS Professional Development session on résumé writing and job hunting for data professionals.
Continue readingMohammad Darab interviewed me about SQL Server’s future, the DBA role, and cloud computing.
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