Upcoming posts

Over the course of the next few weeks I will be posting on the following topics, but not exclusively:

Working with recruiters - I'll be continuing this series of posts. At this time, I think that two more posts, part 6 and part 7, remain.

Preparing for your performance review - Performance reviews, also known as annual reviews, performance evaluations, etc., are used for many purposes, from helping determine your salary, to serving as justification for your dismissal, to being proxies for references from your managers when you don't want them to know you're seeking employment elsewhere. I'll be discussing the strategies you should follow for a successful evaluation.

Career Portfolios - What they are, why you need one, and how to create one.

Lessons I've learned as a business analyst - This includes a discussion of why true dimensional data models are a rarity, why metadata repositories are often missing critical information, why we must understand the political dangers inherent in a data quality initiative, why you should never believe that your one-time-only assignment is really one-time-only, and why you don't want to become VP in charge of weather, among other things.