I love to learn about new technology, and I especially love a long deep-dive technical session with a real expert or a well-crafted, inches thick technical book. Even if either one is expensive. Learning is probably my favorite thing to do. Yet I stand before you with an appeal: Stop “sending people to training.” Why would I say such a thing? ...

Introduction I saw a recent post on Thomas LaRock’s blog (Blog | @SQLRockStar | SQLPeople) about The Mentoring Experiment. The Experiment The Mentoring Experiment is a(nother) brain-child of Steve Jones (Blog | @way0utwest) and Andy Warren (Blog | @sqlAndy | SQLPeople). As with their previous endeavors, this new venture is profound ...