20 Ways to Get The Most Out of Your Data Platform
From Strata last year, Kurt Brown from Netflix gives a wonderful talk on how Netflix get’s the most out of their data platform. The video is 37 minutes long and worth your time.
Professional Development
On Speaking
It was then, right then, at that moment in a hotel lobby piano bar in Barcelona, that I decided I would focus on SQL Server as a career.
The Stack
For years The Stack was inside a desk drawer in my cubicle. It followed me from cube to cube. Consultant, programmer, developer, analyst, and then as a DBA, The Stack was there.
12 Ways Smart Data Professionals Act Stupid
There are many articles available today that help data professionals prepare for job interviews. I have also written my share of articles on the subject. What I don’t see are articles that tell you how to be a good data professional once you have landed the job. That’s my goal for today, to offer insights … Read more
Book Review: The Death of Expertise
I recently finished reading The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom). I enjoyed the book and wanted to share some thoughts with you. (Or with y’all, depending on where y’all from). Frequent readers of this blog know a few things about me. You know about my hatred … Read more
Relationships Matter More Than Money
We are in a bar on Bourbon Street, upstairs in a private room for one of the vendor social events. I have no idea how Rob was even there, to be honest. But he sees me and, being Rob Collie, he wants some data.
