I can only hope that people understand better and act on data security. There isn't much liability for leaks from government or corporations to deter the mindset they are in....

"Fake it until you make it" is advice that was off-putting to me at first and then after I was put into a position that really required it became wise...

I've been of the opinion for a while now that "the biggest threat in working with technology is becoming a dinosaur". Continual learning is a must. I've seen people who...

One thing is for sure and that is things change. I agree the focus is on how we can adapt and respond to it rather than being consumed with anxiety...

What I would give to see all client environments have just disk monitoring to prevent them from filling up and stopping the show...

I like this topic. People tend to mythologize experts and I don't think that's beneficial for anyone. For the experts it goes straight to their head and for everyone else...

@david-2 - I agree. It reminds me about Object Oriented databases. When they first started to gain traction people thought it was the doom of RDBMS. Now it...

This makes me think of development - especially with learning to code. Failure here is mandatory because it is the only way you'll learn how it works. Like learning a...

I agree with the overall willingness to share information in the SQL Server community. It is rare. I do see it's evil twins in action as well: RTFM responses to...

There's a quote I've always liked about the mindset to work. I'll paraphrase from Mark Cuban - remember while you are working that "you are getting paid to learn". This...