Have you ever thought that Microsoft certifications were a waste of time? Depending on where you are on the experience scale, certifications still play a large role in hiring and career development. In Episode 64 of the SQL Data Partners Podcast I talk to Patrick Thomas the program manager for the MCT and MCP programs and the role they play at Microsoft and in what way they continue to provide value, including what’s in store for data science learners and what he thinks of the Microsoft purchase of LinkedIn.
The show notes are available at http://sqldatapartners.com/2016/10/03/microsoft-mcp/ and we'll see you on the SQL trail!
Episode 38: SQL Server 2016 Feature Review
Episode 37: PowerBI and the DBA
Episode 36: SQL Server Virtual Machines in Azure
Episode 35: Position Yourself to Better Opportunities
Episode 34: In-Memory Tables
Episode 33: From Developer To DBA
Episode 32: Up Your Game With PowerShell!
Episode 31: What Has Virtualization Done To My Database?
Episode 30: The Best Investment You Can Make
Episode 29: You Thinking What I Am Thinking?
Episode 28: How Do You Know There Is A Problem? Baselines!
Episode 27: Testing Changes Before You Break Production
Episode 26: DevOps for the Database--Everyone is Doing it, Right?
Episode 25: Stretch Database
Episode 24 Query Store
Episode 23: IO, IO, It’s Off to Tune We Go
Episode 22: Eight Years of sp_whoisactive
Episode 21: Azure Data Factory
Episode 20: the Role of Mentors
Episode 19: How Solid State Disks Can Help SQL Server
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