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There comes a point in one’s career when a change is requisite. Big or small there always seems to be a tipping point that mandates some sort of change. Maybe the change is an entirely new career field. Maybe the change is adapting to the ever improving features of a specific software or product. Maybe, that change means learning a tangential technology.
We all have our favorite scripts, tools or utilities. Those are the things that help make our jobs easier. In this article, I share with you a poor mans audit solution to help catch unwanted permissions changes.
This is my diatribe about service and giving back to the community. When done properly, there is a natural born effect of enhancing one’s personal life equal in some way to the amount of effort given towards the community.
What are the tools you love to use? What are the tools that maybe need a little sharpening? What tools do you have that maybe you wish were the same caliber as somebody else’s tools? And lastly, which tools do you not possess that you wish you possessed?
The challenge at hand – conquering that technical problem and getting that high associated with the metaphorical high of summiting a tough task.
If you are not progressing, you are regressing. In the same vein, if you are not learning, you are regressing.
For me, this is about much more than just a story or two about people that have impacted me in my career choices. This topic is also about much more than just a handful of years of inspiration. Inspiration comes in many different flavors and should help to build you into who you are over time.
Do you fear the coming turbulence of the Cloud uprising? I think the cloud is a good thing for the data professional, when done right.
Getting sharper at JSON through a little experimentation.
