http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/06/29/free-valuable-dw-wisdom-from-man-in-lilac-suit/ Musings on reporting, OLAP, ETL, open source Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/06/29/free-valuable-dw-wisdom-from-man-in-lilac-suit/#comment-6496 Pete-s random notes » Blog Archive » Why short commutes are not! Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:50:46 +0000 http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/06/29/free-valuable-dw-wisdom-from-man-in-lilac-suit/#comment-6496 [...] In fact, the customer said some nice things about me and the quality of my work (”knowledgeable and professional”) and coupled with the good things I have been reading about me on the internet here and there I might even come to believe my own press and become conceited, big headed and start to assume I have become a DBA or own a cauldron. [...] [...] In fact, the customer said some nice things about me and the quality of my work (”knowledgeable and professional”) and coupled with the good things I have been reading about me on the internet here and there I might even come to believe my own press and become conceited, big headed and start to assume I have become a DBA or own a cauldron. [...]

]]> http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/06/29/free-valuable-dw-wisdom-from-man-in-lilac-suit/#comment-5265 Matt Casters Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:21:35 +0000 http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2006/06/29/free-valuable-dw-wisdom-from-man-in-lilac-suit/#comment-5265 It would probably seem to the savy-up-to-date date warehouse architect that these wisdoms are common knowledge. Maybe, but if that's true, how come we can find soooooo many examples of bad implementations? Thanks for bringing Pete's site to my attention, this kind of advice can not be repeated often enough. Then again, in my own experience, it won't sway Mr. Thickskulls-Mid-20th-Century-I've-seen-it-all-Type because obviously these folks need to make mistakes and big ones before they would look for advice. It would probably seem to the savy-up-to-date date warehouse architect that these wisdoms are common knowledge. Maybe, but if that’s true, how come we can find soooooo many examples of bad implementations? Thanks for bringing Pete’s site to my attention, this kind of advice can not be repeated often enough.
Then again, in my own experience, it won’t sway Mr. Thickskulls-Mid-20th-Century-I’ve-seen-it-all-Type because obviously these folks need to make mistakes and big ones before they would look for advice.

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