This post is about the impact of the talent versus the impact of the hard work. There has been a lot of conversations about how talented some people are (and some direct pointing to some exceptional athletes), and how no…
Modern Engineer & Scientist (are they at all?)
Talking to the parents of my daughter friends a couple of weeks ago (one of them is a principal researcher for a well-known organisation and the other one is a successful entrepreneur), we have touched on something that was dear…
Knowledge vs Wisdom
In the modern world of IT, there is a reasonably old (by the IT standards) framing of the workers with the honourable title of the Knowledgeable as in “Knowledge Workers”. We have a huge drive to say that Data is…
The Price of the Free Entrance
The Tale True Story: Some long months ago, I was talking to someone who is a frequent attendee of the community events and who is a presenter at them as well, who shocked me to the bone with the following…
Announcing SQLSaturday Portugal Lisbon-Edition 2017
With just 1 week until SQLSaturday Portugal Porto 2016, I am glad to share that we have SQLSaturday Lisbon 2017 already live! Between 9th and 11th of March 2017 at Microsoft Portugal in Lisbon, the 7th edition of the SQLSaturday…