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I *thought* I had written something about this a year ago, found it in my Timehop today: http://thomaslarock.com/2014/03/parallax-view-career/ The TL;DR version is this: Being a Head Geek is, in many ways, similar to the role of "Professor". And whenever I think about that post, and the path I've walked in life, I smile.…

Wow, thanks for the wonderful details you have included! Yes, to all that you have said. In my book I talked more about some of those items in depth, especially the critical databases part. There are some systems that the business has no idea is being used by many different groups, making it the most critical system…

I recall that in grad school we spent an entire class going through Mosaic and how to use it for research purposes. Most everything online back in the day were academic papers.

Thank you!

Yeah, I never thought about the malware that could happen inside of hovertext either.

@"zennifer" Thank you!

If you didn't get a chance to see us at Ignite you get another chance at thwackCamp, details here: http://thwackcamp.com

Thanks! The tide rolled in just as the sun was setting, forming that pond. The lack of foot traffic kept the water still enough to create the mirror-like effect. In short, it was a beautiful moment from a wonderful week of sun and surf.

Yeah, I'm curious to know more about the integration plans, if any. But Microsoft has bought themselves a social network. I don't think FB would be interested in LinkedIn at that price, as they tend to focus on getting people to share non-professional details of their lives. Google isn't even a factor for social IMO, they…

I'm reminded of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ882QYzr-M

Which is worse: asking that question, or finding the answer?

Yeah, just take an existing product and put a clock/radio inside, that's all we really need.

There is an article on MSDN regarding thread stack size: Configure the max worker threads Server Configuration Option | Microsoft Docs

A wise DBA once said that "great database performance starts with great database design", and I can't argue with such logic. Thanks for the post!

Wonderful feedback! Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree completely that DPA needs some extra "meat" to help people understand if something is a problem or not. We do try our best with the advisories, where the idea is to flag that top 5 queries that are consuming the most resources, or have seen a sudden spike…

$18k USD is my hourly rate. #JustSayin

Yeah, GE also set/raised the bar for Six Sigma IMO. I went through a 3 week green belt training course at my company. Well, "executive" training. The idea was to give us the training and then embed us back in our roles and hope that we would look to find ways to be more efficient in our roles. For me, it ended up with this…

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Ain't no sure for the summertime blues...speaking of which, I snagged this photo of the original lyrics while visiting Liverpool this year for SQLBits.

Welcome!

I'm a fan of Musk as well, I'm hoping he finds a way to make solar power affordable and safe for everyone. I don't know of an equivalent in networking, or any IT role. But I think Satya is doing good things right now.

IIRC, many were used for dining, but a handful were in operation. That canal opens up to the sound, which leads to the Baltic (or North Sea, if you turn the other way).

Well, VMware recommends no more than 72 hours, so I would think your 48 hour rule was built on top of that.

Let me know once you have looked at DPA. If you need to do performance tuning and troubleshooting for SQL queries, I think you'll like DPA.

Hi @"hakan01" , does that require adding a query hint, or is there another way to get those details from x$ or v$ views? 

Yes, I would trust a self-driving car, especially if all the other cars are self-driving.

No sir. I took my MS and used that to find employment instead.

I was smart, and decades ago I ordered the XXL, knowing this day would come.

That's not what they are trying to build. Tesla wants to put batteries into homes and businesses in order to have the capacity to run for weeks and months if necessary. Architecting a power grid that could go offline with a few days of bad weather is about as silly as putting all your infrastructure into one AWS region.

Great topic for discussion, thanks for the post. As a DBA I would often like to remind folks that the performance for the database instance was fine... right up until the application code was loaded. Everyone always agrees that great database performance starts with great database design, and yet there are a lot of badly…