As a professional, I place a high value on my role as a data engineer, with consulting being a close second. My role requires both technical and interpersonal skills. I’ve come to depend on two AI-based tools to enhance both. Grammarly has helped me be cognizant of my tone and style of writing. Copilot has…
Category: Career Development
Becoming a Data Scientist
In my latest professional change I’ve moved into a role with a bright and shiny title: Data Scientist. I’ve heard all the hype around Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and I don’t buy a lot of it. I do believe these words will change how we do everything. I just don’t know that…
I’m Back Baby!
I’ve been away from the blog far too long! I logged back in after four months and found comments waiting, updates to perform and a host of other things to take care of. Now, it’s time to get back to blogging. The reason I’ve been away for all this time is I’ve been working with…
70-450: Complete!
After another month of studying, I finally took the 70-450. I’m happy to say I passed! I did learn one thing from the exam: I should spend more time with encryption techniques and what all you can accomplish through encryption. Unfortunately, I’ve never had the business excuse to practice with encryption. I am interested in…
Career Advice — Ending The Partnership
If we’ve ever sat down and discussed how I look at work, career, and professional development in general, you know I see every job as a partnership between two companies. The company you’ll be working for, and you. You are a company of one. That partnership has to benefit both companies. The company is getting…
Don’t Miss My Session at SQLSaturday #80
That’s right! I’ll be speaking at this weekend’s SQL Saturday event in Wheeling, WV. I’m the last speaker in track #3. I’m looking forward to Ed Wilson’s PowerShell session at 9:10AM, I need to use more PowerShell in my daily job. I have a couple of scripts that really work for me now, it’s time…
2011 Resolutions Checkup
Earlier this morning Tom LaRock (@SQLRockstar) reminded us all the year was half over. He also suggested we take a look at our new year’s resolutions. So I decided to give it a go and see how I had been progressing this year. I had broken down my goals for the year into several sections,…
Resume Goodness and Failures
Over the past few weeks I’ve helped out with the hiring process at my current employer. We’ve decided to bring a new person on to help with some programming duties. During this process I’ve gotten to look at more than a few resumes. I’ve seen plenty in the past, and even had the chance to…
On Confidence
You’ve really got to open this and savor it. That’s seriously an application that was sent in to a colleague this week. After working with most people in IT, It more common to help them build up their confidence. Most of us in IT work quietly in the back rooms of the office. We aren’t…
Work–Life Balance
This week has been a busy one! I’m working up to a vacation this weekend, so there’s always a lot of little things to tie up to get ready. You’ve got to make sure the rest of your team will be ok while your out. You have to make sure you’ve taken care of any…