Andy Leonard is CSO of Linchpin People and SQLPeople, an SSIS Trainer, Consultant, and developer; SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns. His background includes web application architecture and development, VB, and ASP. Andy loves the SQL Server Community!

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• Less Useful Soft Skills

  Introduction This post is the fifty-sixth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page . Over a career that spans decades, one encounters useful and “less useful” soft skills Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: EMPs (Expensive Management Practices), I-Am-Such-A-Geek, Transparency, Engineers, Consulting

• (YED) Young Engineers Disease

  Introduction When I was a young man (yes that's been a while now) I suffered from Y.E.D. (Young Engineer's Disease). Here are some of the symptoms. Sunny-Day Design The design assumes the user thinks like a software engineer. For example, the user is Read More... Posted Thursday, July 08, 2010 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 5 Comments Filed under: Complexity, Elegant Design, Software Testing, Engineers, YED (Young Engineers Disease)