As a follow-up to my previous post about the steps you may have to go through to attend training if your employer can’t or won’t offer assistance in the form of either money or time off, I have a story of my own to tell. I was unhappy at my previous place of work [...]

This is the second time I’ve participated in the “Meme Monday” blog events that have been brought to us by Tom LaRock (blog | @SQLRockstar). The topic is on what “SQL Family” means to us. A few things popped into my head as soon as I read it, and I’m happy to share [...]

So I quit my job last week. As is the practice at most companies, I had to complete an exit interview. Since my former employer was rather geographically distributed and there were no human resources staff in my office, my exit interview was on paper instead of face-to-face. I liked this much [...]