Interviewing for Your First Tech Job - Slides

I was lucky to get an opportunity to present a session to some college students at Seminole State College in Florida last week.

About the Event

I was in town for SQL Saturday Orlando– a fantastic event on its own. The organizers run a simultaneous seminar for students at the college studying software development and IT topics, and it’s an opportunity where they can hear from professionals in IT professions. I gave a session on interviewing best practices.

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DevOps Terms - and Why They Matter to Database Specialists

About This Session

In this 20 minute session, I define scrum, continuous deployment, test driven development, DevOps, and related concepts.

I close with a quick discussion of why Database Administrators and Developers should care about DevOps.

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SQL Change Automation, Visual Studio, and the Unknown SQL Server Platform Error

I recently set up Redgate’s SQL Change Automation in Visual Studio 2017, and I ran into a confusing error when I started trying to use it. For any other folks out there searching on “Unknown SQL Server Platform,” here’s how I got past it.

Spoiler: Visual Studio suggested updating Microsoft’s SQL Server Data Tools, which failed for me and wasted a lot of time. Updating Visual Studio did fix my issue.

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I Helped Write a Book! No, Not THOSE Books...

Every now and again, someone asks if I write romance novels.

Why? Well, let’s ask Bing who Kendra Little is….

To clarify,  I am not married, I have dogs instead of children, and I prefer romances about strong women who bring SQL Servers to their knees.

I also don’t think it’s possible to drink too much coffee.

Most of those pictures are of me, but a careful reader will note that the biography at the top references a domain name that, sadly, dear reader, I do not own. Someone out there named Kendra Little gets sweet royalties from her contemporary romance novels, but they don’t come to this address.

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Help Me Present at GroupBy: Review My Abstract

About My Session Proposal

I’ve submitted a session proposal to the free, online GroupBy conference. Voting will open for sessions soon, but before then, you can help me out by reading my abstract. Is it a session you’d like to see?

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Four Free Sessions in October

I’ve got FOUR sessions coming up in October.  These sessions will each be 30 minutes.

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Why I Love DML Triggers in SQL Server

It’s TSQL Tuesday! If you’re not familiar, TSQL Tuesday is a monthly blogging event where a Microsoft Data Platform community member chooses a writing prompt. This is a great thing if you’re interested in starting a technical blog and wonder, “What would I write about?” It’s also great if, like me, you occasionally want a little outside inspiration to shake things up.

This month’s topic is from Steve Jones: we’re invited to write about an experience that we’ve had with triggers.

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