Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year and people have been enjoying it so I did it every year afterward until 2019 and then restarted for 2023 (see 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023). For this year I set a goal of beating 2023 [&]
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(Yes, this is for last year!) Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year and people have been enjoying it so I did it every year afterward until 2019 (see 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). Then COVID hit and my reading motivation dropped to almost [&]
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It’s the time of year again where companies do crazy sales on the day after Thanksgiving in the US, and we’re doing the same! All the prices below are available in our online shop! Starting at 4pm PST on Thursday, November 28th, we’ll be offering our lowest prices ever for our signature Blackbelt bundle with [&]
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Happy Fourth of July to all who celebrate! Im looking forward to a great view Thursday evening looking west along the Skagit Valley with some friends up at Camp Savage. Ive just made our 2024 SQLskills Summer School Savings SALE live! Im running some crazy prices on all courses and bundles through the end of [&]
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Weve added the ability to purchase a self-service health check using a credit card no more waiting for a scoping call and then budget approval, just click and go! Once you purchase the health check, you get access to our health check package you can immediately run and then securely upload the data for [&]
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Hello, my name is Paul, and I’m a high-functioning alcoholic. For the last ten years or so, I’ve been an alcoholic. A maintenance drinker – with no nasty behavior, abuse, day-drinking, DUIs, or things like that – just drinking too much in the evening and falling asleep. Every single day. The first drink turned into [&]
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(Meeps, one of our seven cats, helping with the selection process&) Since my first round of community mentoring back in 2015, when I mentored 54 people for six months, I’ve been asked periodically whether I’d do it again. My answer was always something like ‘maybe – it was a lot of work’ and I didn’t [&]
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In 2015 I mentored 54 people for six months. In 2020 I mentored 37 people on-and-off for over a year. In 2023 Ill be mentoring ?& Why do I do it? I get nothing from this; I just like doing it. I find it hugely rewarding to help people in a wide variety of non-technical [&]
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(The Curious Case of… used to be part of our bi-weekly newsletter but we decided to make it a regular blog post instead so it can sometimes be more frequent. It covers something interesting one of us encountered when working with a client, doing some testing, or were asked in a random question from the community.) Yesterday I was [&]
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Our end-of-year sale is here and the discounts are insane! For example: Our signature BlackBelt Bundle is usually $6,995; on sale for $1,999! Performance Tuning Bundle (IEPTO1 and IEPTO2) is usually $3,395; on sale for $899! IEAzure is usually $3,295; on sale for $425! Our 3-day short courses are usually $795-$995; on sale for $99-$125! [&]
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