I turned my phone on as my flight landed at the Tokyo-Narita airport for a quick layover. That’s when I saw all of the Facebook messages that my kids sent me. My wife was rushed to the hospital just a few hours before due to a mild stroke. Before I even called my kids, I immediately […]
Ever since I started wearing a Fitbit Surge, my morning routine now includes checking how many hours I slept the night before and whether or not I have met my daily exercise goals. In the past, my peers laughed at me when I tell them that I need an average of 7.5 hours of sleep (the technology industry is […]
A story was told about then Germany’s youngest concert promoter who was organizing a jazz piano concert. After all the promotions and logistics have been considered, the day of the concert came. The featured artist arrived at the opera house venue with much disappointment. The staff at the venue misunderstood some of the instructions about the […]
When you are surrounded by some of the smartest and brightest people in the SQL Server community, it’s like drinking from a fire hose. But the overwhelming feeling that you get from learning a lot in a very short span of time suddenly sinks in when you realize this very important message: your job as […]
community I’m a big advocate of technical communities – volunteering and speaking at conferences and events worldwide. Having no formal education in computer-related studies, I literally didn’t have a lot of opportunities for finding a job. And when you live in a third-world country where there is very limited opportunity and the chances for finding […]