How special is your server?
Them: “Dude, we can’t do anything.”
Me: “Yeah, I know. I told you this would happen. You can’t skip database maintenance.”
Professional Development
5 steps to become a SQL visionary
Solutions to age-old problems are often very hard to see. It takes a new, visionary perspective to see the issue clearly and to find a solution that’s better, easier, and kinder. Learn the process of being a SQL visionary here!
The 9 worst things you can do to a phone screen candidate
The top nine ways to conduct a terrible phone screen fall into three categories: common courtesy, professionalism, and OH NO, JUST NO. Let’s list them, shall we?
How to conduct a great video interview (in the Age of Covid)
Conducting a remote interview can be tricky, but these five quick tips will make you and your candidates more comfortable and communicative!
Organize with a Bullet Journal
We struggle with productivity, but let me introduce you to my friend the Bullet Journal. This is the first of a series on productivity, struggles, and solutions.
Your Focus Determines Your Reality
Here’s the TL;DR (“too long; didn’t read” summary): In our personal AND professional lives, hundreds to thousands of things compete for our attention. We can sort these onto an X-Y graph of wanted to unwanted, and actionable to unactionable. Unwanted, unactionable attention-grabbers suck and should be eliminated as much as possible. Things that get our attention …