A few months back I attended the best technical training I’ve ever attended. I enjoy mentoring people, I enjoy teaching and I hope to begin doing more of it in the coming months and years now that I have my MCT and am working for a consultancy. I learned as much about teaching style and [...]
Archive | May, 2011
Best Practices: Explain and Understand Them!
Stop expecting people to blindly follow your advice. Stop blindly following the advice of others.
I’m borrowing a lesson from the man who proclaimed he knew exactly when the world would end (last weekend October 21st now). If you only have a minute, my point is simple and I’ve hit it before here -
For Those [...]
Are You Planting Asparagus?
Working in the garden another thought/illustration hit me. A question actually -
Are You Planting Asparagus?
We love to eat the stuff. Why not research planting it and plant it with this year’s vegetable garden. We learned a few things doing that research:
It’s Perennial & can produce for decades.
It is picky about its conditions (drainage, high PH [...]
On Feedback… And a Plea To Event Organizers
I really like presenting. I’ve blogged about some tips for others thinking about starting before. In those posts, I share how I started out terrified of speaking in public. One of the reasons I am enjoying it to date? Good feedback. Don’t read that as “positive” (though there has been more of that than I’ve [...]
Avoid Using Those Troubleshooting Skills
When I re-read yesterday’s blog post on troubleshooting steps, I felt guilty. Instantly. Why? Because I had failed to mention something to you in that post and failed to follow advice I just gave in my SQL Rally presentation. *In my own defense, I did mention that one of the bullets I used in that [...]
Can’t Troubleshoot? Don’t Apply!
If you can’t diagnose a problem and troubleshoot it, you can’t work with me. I interview for that skill.
Hello SQL Ralliers!
If you are coming here from sitting in my presentation on Thursday at 8:30 at the SQL Rally then this post should be useful. If you are thinking about it, maybe the link contained within will be useful. If you aren’t, well then hopefully my other content will be useful!
You can see more about me [...]
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