In my regular professional development column for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), Plays Well With Others, check out my latest post on dealing with micromanagers. If you've ever dealt with a manager who questioned your every move, hijacked meetings, nit-picked over inconsequential details, or made you jump through endless hoops of administrivia, then you know what I'm writing about. This article is part one of a two part series. Part one deals with identifying how and why managers become micro-managers. Part two, coming in the next issue of the PASS Community … [Read more...]
New On SQLPASS.ORG – Dealing with Micromanagers
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PASS 2009 Lifetime PASSion Award
A HAPPY RETIREMENT January 1st, 2010 marked a very special day for me. It was the first time in the past ten years in which I had no official PASS responsibility at the HQ level. (I'm still serving in the local PASS chapter here in Nashville, along with the awesomeness that is DrSQL (blog | twitter) and the whackness that is Joe Webb (blog | twitter). We also have the irreplaceable Shelton Dickson and Roberto Lopez helping us out). I also intend to stay active as a speaker for PASS. I spoke at the PASS 2009 Summit, earning a top presenter spot in the Professional Development track, and … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Opinion, PASS, Professional Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Goals, Humor, Professional Development, SQLSaturday
What Three Events Brought You Here?
Whiners and Whingers Get Wedgies There I was, just a couple weeks back, whining that I wasn't getting tagged by friends when a new meme comes out. Sure enough, when my friend, Paul Randal (blog | twitter), starts a new meme with me as one of the first handful of people tagged, it's taken me a full ten days to get a response out the door. Yes - I deserve a wedgie. In Paul's initial post, I saw that he'd asked for three events that were pivotal in why I'm where I am today. To be honest, I've been noodling over my response ever since Paul first tagged me. So, in a sense, I've been … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Memes, Opinion, PASS, Professional Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Creativity, Goals, Professional Development, Writing
Goals and Theme Word for 2010
NOT A WHINER I've been really intrigued by a meme making the rounds of the blogsphere concerning goals for the coming year and picking a theme word, rather than the usual New Year's resolution. As with all memes, they start with a blogger picking the topic of discussion (in this case, Tara Hunt at HPC) and was picked up by my friend, Tom LaRock ( blog | twitter) in his blog post, Why I Don't Like Kevin Kline and Never Tag Him in Memes. As in all memes, one blogger starts it off and then others are tagged, spreading the chain outward. So Tom tagged several other good friends of … [Read more...]
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Interview Now Appearing on CSTech.com
I was honored to be recently interviewed by the crew at Consortio Services. You can find my portion of this particular webcast at http://www.cstechcast.com/podcasts/cs-techcast/episode99/ beginning at 17:24. In the interview, I discuss a number of thoughts and opinions about the future of cloud computing, where our profession is headed, and more. When I first became aware of the website, they were audio podcasts only. Since then, they’ve changed up their format a bit, and now have a video portion along with the audio. They now included a visual “slide” with your headshot and title (not a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: cloud computing, MVP, PowerPivot, Professional Development
Sequels for SQL: Dec 17, 2009
In the Sequels for SQL series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. (My favorite resource for pan-SQL Server pointers is Steve Jone's Database Weekly email newsletter.) These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. If you hit on an interesting but overlooked topic, I'd like to hear from you. SQL Server: We live it. We love it. When Jimmy May talks, I listen. Not just because he's a personal … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Administration, Cool Technologies, Gov2.0, Hardware, On-Line Resources, Opinion, Professional Development, Seven Sequels, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: DBA, FutureWatch, Gadgets, Humor, news analysis, Performance, Professional Development, Society, WorldView
The Sequels for SQL Server: The Week of November 27, 2009
Just as an FYI, I've added one new slide deck and webcast to http://KevinEKline.com/Slides/, as well as quite a few upcoming user group events where I'm speaking in http://KevinEKline/Upcoming-Events/. I'm starting a new series called Sequels for SQL Server. In this series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. If you hit on an interesting but … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cool Technologies, On-Line Resources, Opinion, Professional Development, Seven Sequels, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: Devices, FutureWatch, Gadgets, Humor, news analysis, Performance, Professional Development, Society, WorldView
