I’ve submitted a session proposal to the free, online GroupBy conference. Voting will open for sessions soon, but before then, you can help me out by reading my abstract. Is it a session you’d like to see?
Do you know where your career is going? Do you know what skills you need to be successful in the current climate?
In this 25 minute keynote, I discuss the challenges and opportunities facing you as a data professional in this ever-changing landscape. You’ll also hear recommendations about which skills are needed to help you succeed in your role and how you can in turn support your IT team and business’ needs.
So you’ve got an employee agreement in front of you: now what?
In this episode, I talk about practical steps you should take to make sure that you understand the terms of your contract, and how to potentially negotiate the terms.
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining the evangelist team at Redgate.
Starting next Monday, I’ll be working with Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, and Kathi Kellenberger – plus the whole Redgate team.
When you take a new job in software engineering or in IT, within the paperwork there often lurks an employee agreement: a contract between you and your employer. In this half-hour live episode, I talk about why these contracts exist, and multiple anti-patterns you should avoid.
This is the first of a two part series. In the next episode, I’ll discuss best practices for understanding and negotiating the contract.
I’ve just scheduled two new podcast recording sessions! These are live, half hour sessions - you can join in listen, or share comments. Here’s what we’ll be talking about….
I recently received my seventh “Most Valuable Professional” award from Microsoft. Oddly, I don’t think I’ve ever written about what this award means to me until this point.
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