Staying Focused
Finding the zone, working in the flow, these are the most efficient times for us, but they can be hard to find.
2019-09-13
217 reads
Career Growth
Growing and Changing
It can be hard to let go of old knowledge and try something new, but we need to find a balance.
2019-08-26
172 reads
2019-08-20
416 reads
Organized Learning
Learning to become a DBA is often a winding and twisty road. Steve has a little advice today.
2019-08-13
241 reads
Measuring the Right Things
In this weeks Simple Talk editorial Kathi Kellenberger discusses how to measure the performance of a development team and why you should always make sure you are measuring the right thing, not just the easy thing.
2019-08-12
The 2019 Home Lab
Steve wants to know what's in your current home lab. Leave a note and help others learn to set one up.
2019-08-09
533 reads
More MVPs Than Awards
Every year, July 1 is the Microsoft MVP Renewal date and quite a few people received good news that day. I was one of those renewed for another year, and I am honored that Microsoft chose me again. I also congratulate all the others that received the award for the first time as well as […]
2019-07-29
259 reads
Learning to Stop Being a Hero
There is a hero complex for many in IT. Steve provides some advice in how we should look at our workload and our employer's expectations when we consider a new job.
2019-07-11
1,012 reads
Building Helpful Commit Messages
Using a VCS is a core skill, according to Steve. One part of that is learning to write better commit messages.
2019-07-08
374 reads
Balancing Hard and Soft Skills
Today Steve talks about the soft skills and why these might be important as you advance in your career and grow into a senior role.
2019-07-02
404 reads
Blogs
Simple Talks Episode 7
By Steve Jones
The season 1, seventh episode of Simple Talks is out. Check it out, with...
A New Word: the McFly effect
By Steve Jones
the McFly Effect – n. the phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people...
Key mappings in Visual Studio Code
At a recent conference I was asked how I executed code during my presentation....
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