A better fire alarm is still a fire, and many SQL Server incidents I get called for were preventable. Here is the T-SQL audit I wish had run before the pager rang.
They Finished the AI Training. Eleven Days Later, the Job Was Gone
An anonymous interview with a database professional who finished the AI training their employer assigned. Eleven days later, the job was gone.
AI Training at Work: Nobody Is Coming
Everyone is waiting for AI training at work. It took me a hundred conversations to understand what they are actually waiting for, and it is not a course.
AI Mistakes at Work: Who Never Gets Fooled
Who catches AI mistakes at work? Not the smartest person in the room. It has never once been the smartest person in the room.
AI Code Review Bottleneck: Nobody Owns It
Everybody agrees the AI code review bottleneck is real: making things got cheap, checking them did not. Then you look at the org chart, and nobody owns it.
The Disappearing Senior: AI and Entry Level Jobs
Everyone is arguing about AI and entry level jobs. Almost nobody is watching the other end of the ladder, where the seniors are quietly disappearing.
Competence Debt: I Ran the Test on Myself
Every time you ship something you could not have built yourself, you take on competence debt. Here is what I found when I checked my own balance.