Some thoughts of your typical data shepherd / data plumber / data dance teacher sort of person.
Following one my most epic failures which l shared with someone, who understood. He gave me a card with this quote “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt It’s not easy to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and keep going. That’s what makes some people that little bit different....
This post is just a quick thank you to everyone who re-tweeted about the Glasgow SQL server group. Also to those who tweeted words of encouragement. It has been my privilege to see what a unique group the SQL server community is watching and hearing the encouragement and care passed on by this SQL server community. To receive, it is very humbling. So thank you to everyone it was and is much appreciated.