Here I’m talking to someone trying to break into “Data” as a career field in a small to medium sized company. This might mean moving from help desk or marketing or customer service to DBA, Data Analyst, or Data Engineer. These data jobs reflect a LOT of overlap when you work in smaller companies, as I … Continue reading Getting Started in “Data”
Tag: analytics
Columnstore Index Goodness
In case I needed a reminder of how cool columnstore indexes are for analytic queries, I made this example to jog my memory. I used the StackOverflow 180 GB sized database you can download from Brent Ozar's site. I have it running in VMWare Workstation pro, but these days you can run your SQL Server … Continue reading Columnstore Index Goodness
Justin Onstot 