Comments on: More General and Less SQL https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-15058 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:34:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-15058 In reply to John.

Thanks John, much appreciated.

]]> By: John https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-15057 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:31:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-15057 Great blog post, Tom. It has been fun reading your blog over the years and seeing many of your great Someday moments. I really love your last paragraph. As an individual who has shifted between all three roles its the last paragraph that is most important in my opinion regardless of any role you are in.

]]> By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-14991 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:15:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-14991 In reply to Justin Dearing.

Thanks for the comment Justin. I had not thought about how tech allows for niche services to provide income that other industries may not be able to provide.

]]> By: Justin Dearing https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-14990 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:56:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-14990 > Hard skills have a salary cap, but soft skills do not.

This is very true, although in IT hard skills alone can get you higher than most other places. It’s one of the few industries where a non-manager can make more than a plumber I can think of.

I’m mostly self taught as a developer, and anyone who follows me on twitter knows I’ve been diving into home improvements with similar passion and methodology as I dove into IT. One of the things that really strikes me is unless I find some crazy artisanal niche to specialize in, I’d never make as much money with my hands and powertools as with my hands and a keyboard.

Posts like this remind me that I often look up, realize I’ve run as far away from soft skills as possible, and I’m surrounded by people that did the same. I sometimes feel like the upper echelon of IT is the soft skills special Olympics.

]]> By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-14984 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:38:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-14984 In reply to mrxinu.

Ooooohhhhhh….I was wondering what you meant. Interesting.

]]> By: mrxinu https://thomaslarock.com/2016/08/general-less-sql/#comment-14983 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:47:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=17469#comment-14983 I like the way your brain works, my friend.

I just had to try this new tag, too.

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