career development
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
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Scotland 2011-Day Two
This is the slideshow from day two in Edinburgh, Scotland. We got up early by Eastern Standard Time, but it wasn't too early by local standards. After a light
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SQL 202-Data Tuning Advisor
SQL 202-Data Tuning Advisor 2011 March 30 by Shannon Lowder Related posts: SQL 202-Performance Tuning SQL Session – Performance Tuning in SSIS SQL 101 – Summarizing Data SQL 301-The XML Data Type Moving Data Between Tables from → Microsoft SQL
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70-451: Full-Text Search and Service Broker
Ok, over the past two posts I've been discussing some SQL Server Components and what they're good for. I've already spent some time with the SQL Server Agent
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70-451: SQL Server Components
Looking through the skills measured by the 70-451, the very first component measured has you "Identify which SQL Server components to use to support business
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What salary range are you looking for?
I’ve had more anxiety about this question, or some variation of this question, than any other in the interview process. When you need the job, you’re afraid to ask too much. But after you get a job where you did lower your asking price, you have to deal with the...
SQL201
SQL Homework—UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT—Solutions
Here are the solutions to the homework problems I sent out. Compare my queries with yours. If they’re different, and you’d like some explanation on
SQL201
SQL Homework–UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT
This homework will run from my training server, shaioshin.hopto.org. If you do not currently have access to this server, please let me know and I’ll set
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Tell me about a time when…
During many of the interviews I've been in, I'll be asked a very open ended question. To me this kind of question will give the interviewer some insight into
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Scotland 2011–Day One
I've been interested in history for as long as I can remember. About ten years ago, I turned my interest in history into a search to find out where my family
career development
70-451 Prep–SQL Server Agent
Well, now that I've passed the 70-433, I've moved on to preparing for the 70-451 PRO: Designing Database Solutions and Data Access Using Microsoft SQL Server
SQL Azure vs SQL Server IaaS: Your First Big Azure Architectural Choice
When Azure went generally available, you suddenly had two ways to run SQL Server in Microsoft's cloud. They looked similar from the outside — both gave you a SQL Server endpoint you could connect to — but the architectural implications were completely different. Getting this choice wrong in 2011 cost