This week in twitter I’ve participated in discussions on resumes and how to construct them and how to improve them. Most of us only really think about our resume when we find ourselves needing them. We’ve either just ended a contract, or we’re looking to improve our position. As a result, changes and improvements are…
Month: April 2011
Scotland 2011-Day Three
We got up early on our third day in Scotland. We had planned on taking a pretty long route to get from Edinburgh to Inverness. We wanted to take in Stirling Castle, Stirling Bridge, the Wallace Monument, Doune Castle, Loch Ness, and Urqhart Castle before turning in for the night. It was going to be…
70-451:Linked Servers
I’m coming to the end of my posts on identifying which SQL Server components to use to support different business requirements. I’ve already covered SQL Server Agent, DB mail, Service Broker and Full-Text Search This time I’m going to go over linked servers. Not exactly the link I was talking about! Linked servers allows your…
SQL Best Practices: Backup Compression
There are quite a few products out there that help you compress your backups. Acronis, RedGate, and many more. This got me to thinking about whether or not I should be compressing my own backups. I know I’m not going to get any additional budget for it this year, so I’m not going to invest…
What questions do you have for me?
This might be my last interview question I cover for a while. It’s been a great run, but there are so many more topics in career development I want to cover. If you have any tough interview questions you’d like me to cover, please send them in, and I’ll discuss them here. For now, let’s…