Are Blogs Still Relevant? #tsql2sday
Jeff Iannucci asked, "Are blogs still relevant?"
As an author, yes, because:
Category: Professional Development
Who’s Hiring Database People? November 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of November 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Who’s Hiring Database People? October 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of October 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Who’s Hiring Database People? September 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of September 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Who’s Hiring Database People? August 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Confession Time: I Never Taught You About B-Trees.
I work with databases for a living.
I teach people, and I help them via consulting.
Who’s Hiring Database People? July 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of July 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
T-SQL & Development
Looking Back On My 2018 Predictions
For T-SQL Tuesday #100, Adam Machanic's challenge for SQL bloggers was to predict what databases would be like 100 months from then.
Well, guess what: that's coming up this July!
Who’s Hiring Database People? June 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of June 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
T-SQL & Development
I Hate The Way You’re Using “It Depends.”
Can I be honest with you for a second?
It makes my skin crawl when I hear database people smugly answer a question with "It depends!"
Who’s Hiring Database People? May 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of May 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Who’s Hiring Database People? April 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of April 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Who’s Hiring Database People? March 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of March 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
I’ve Been Using Macs for 20 Years. Here’s What You Wanted to Know.
tl;dr - It's easier because I've always chosen to run SQL Server VMs, so it was easier for me to switch than you might expect - but if you're a Microsoft IT pro, I don't recommend switching.
Now for the long version.
The Tech Consulting Market Isn’t Looking Good.
After hearing the same dire news from several of my consulting friends, I put a poll up on LinkedIn:
About half of the consultants out there are having a tougher time bringing in new clients than they have in the past.
I Don’t Take Private Questions at Pre-Conference Classes.
When I first started teaching database sessions at conferences, I noticed a pattern.
When I finished the session, closed PowerPoint, and thanked everyone for attending, a big queue of attendees would instantly start forming at the podium. People would line up to ask private questions, one at a time.
Who’s Hiring Database People? February 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of February 2026? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let's make a love connection.
If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules:
Announcing the 2026 Data Professional Salary Survey Results, And They’re Great!
The results are in! You can download the raw data in Excel for all 10 years and do some slicing and dicing to find out whether you're underpaid, overpaid, or what it looks like for folks who are out there looking for work. This year, I added a couple of new items to the survey…
T-SQL & Development
New Year’s Task: Quick, Easy Prep for a Raise
You're busy, so I'll keep this short.
Several months from now, you're gonna have a salary review. Your manager is going to ask what you've been up to, and you're not going to have a lot of great answers. Copilot isn't tracking your successes for you.
Thoughts On the Unemployed Salary Survey Responses
In this year's data professional salary survey, I added a new response type for folks who are unemployed and looking for data work. The survey is still in progress, but you can view the data as it's coming in, and I wanted to take a few minutes to read through the responses of folks who are unemployed.
