Category Archives: Professional Development
You Won’t Find This In My (Or Someone Else’s) Resume
I can guarantee you this. Because no one brags about their failures. The year was 1999. A small business owner approached a young guy – fresh out of university with no database nor computer programming background – to write a software for their retail and consumer goods business. The business owner wanted a software that can be […]
Self-discipline: How You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
(Fight by Jorge Gonzales) The first and best victory is to conquer self. – Plato – One week into 2017 and we’re all still hyped up about our New Year’s resolutions. I previously wrote about what New Year’s resolutions are all about and since then have been reviewing keyword searches that have led to my […]
What New Year’s Resolutions Are All About
The Christmas holidays are usually time for me to do more reading, studying and reflection. It’s also when things slow down a bit because a lot of people go on vacations (except when I get special requests to work on year-end projects). I use this time to reflect on what I have done in the previous year […]
What We’re Really Afraid Of
So, why haven’t you pursued that project yet? At the back of your mind, you knew you wanted to Write that blog post or article Submit a presentation abstract for a SQL Server event Volunteer to design and implement a SQL Server Availability Group solution for a customer Start that business you’ve been thinking about […]