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Will Better Database Design Improve Sql Query Performance?

ITCareerCoach — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:31:47 +0000

will database design improve sql queries performance?

Here are some of the variations of this question:

Do I need to master relational database design in other to write better Sql queries?
Is knowledge of normalization, relational integrity and other database development practices, relevant to writing sql queries?
Why do I need to master entity-relationship concepts or relational database design when all I want to do is write INNER JOINS, OUTER JOINS AND/OR SUBQUERIES?

Here is my answer to these questions asked by aspiring database designers, report writers or sql query writers:

Efficient Sql Queries Depends On Database Index Design

One of the best practices adopted by experienced sql query writers is adding the right types of indexes to their table columns especially those used in JOINS or in WHERE Clauses or other Sql Functions (Group BY, etc.).

Guess what? Those indexes are added as part of the database design, database normalization or sql query performance tuning process.

In other words, learning database design will lead to writing or designing better table indexes which will lead to better sql query performance.
Database Normalization Reduces Data Redundancy & Inconsistency

A lot of time can be wasted trying to get accurate, consistent, reliable reports by writing long, really cumbersome sql queries when there is redundant, inconsistent data in the underlying database.

The real problem is that whenever you have poor normalization or database design, the resulting data redundancy or data inconsistency will make it difficult for a sql query writer to get accurate, consistent, explainable or understandable results!

The reason is that whenever your data is stored in multiple tables because of poor normalization, your sql reports will return inconsistent results because each table contains a different set of data.

This means that your manager or customer will not be able to get an accurate picture of the data because there is no way to verify which of the tables is right or which is wrong!

So, if you want accurate, consistent, reliable sql reports, make sure that you are following the best normalization practices …
Writing Overly Complex Sql Queries Because of Poor Normalization

A heatlhcare services organization hired our company for a database consulting project because their database analysts were getting over-whelmed with providing, accurate, fast, reliable Sql-based reports to medical doctors in their organization!

After our investigation, we found a poorly normalized database with indexes on text columns, manually generated primary keys, multi-valued domains and other bad database design practices.

This healthcare services provider, wasted so much man-hours trying to get consistent, accurate, reliable report for their medical doctors because the results varied depending on who wrote the report or which table was joined to get the information!

This poor database design was also causing their database analysts to write overly complicated, time consuming, error prone or complex sql queries for common, every day tasks!

Since these database analysts were joining patient information tables on text columns, their sql queries were guaranteed to under-perform.

Since the columns where multi-valued, sub-queries had to be used to parse the values of table columns and since the tables did not accurately model the entities used in the business or their relationships, the sql queries where awkward and non-intuitive at best!

The solution was not to spend more time re-writing their sql queries but to normalize and redesign their database, recreate the indexes and then redesign the sql queries from scratch!

The job of a Sql Query Writer does not start with just writing efficient sql queries but with learning and practicing database design or normalization best practices.

Only after you ensure that your database design follows generally accepted best practices, are you empowered to write intuitive, high-performing, reliable, consistent or efficient Sql queries or reports.

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7 Top Database Careers In High Demand

ITCareerCoach — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:23:44 +0000

database careers in demand

The 7 Top, In-Demand Database Careers

Database or SQL skills are also important because they position you for multiple careers paths ranging from that of the database developer to the data mining professional.

Career Paths for Database Professionals

Here is a comprehensive list of database career paths and their respective roles, duties, responsibilities and skill sets.

Relational Database Developer Career

This is one of the foundational database careers in the sense that you can hardly qualify for other database career path without a strong relational database design & development foundation.

Database developers are responsible for designing, architecting or developing relational databases using a database development tool like Microsoft Access, SQL Server, MySQL or Oracle.
SQL Developer / Query Writer Career

This is the another foundational database career in the sense that you will need strong SQL query writing skills regardless of your role, job or designation in the IT Industry.

SQL Developers or Query Writers are typically responsible for updating, deleting, creating or manipulating the data contained in relational databases using a database programming or query language known as SQL.

There are several dialects of SQL marketed by database vendors and each dialect is executed in the database using an administrative front-end tool like SQL Server’s T-SQL Management Studio.
Database Administrator (DBA) Careers

DBAs are responsible for keeping the database up and running for the company’s operations.

DBAs are also responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining the entire database infrastructure or platform in their organizations.

In addition, DBAs secure their databases from unauthorized access, manage the storage available on databases and optimize their performance.

DBAs are found in organizations that store and maintain their own data in-house using relational database management systems like SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL.
The Report Writer Career

Report Writer Career paths are equally important in the database industry.

Report Writers need to have strong relational database and SQL query writing or development skills.

The Report Writer’s responsibility includes designing, developing, scheduling and distributing database reports.

Report Writers utilize tools like Crystal Report Writer, Business Objects, Microsoft Access or SQL Server Reporting Services for their work.

Report Writers also tend to spend a good amount of time collecting requirements or presenting their reports to stakeholders, executives, management, business analysts or software developers.
Data Analyst Career

The Data Analyst career is frequently confused for a purely statistical career path.

Data Analysis roles actually utilize SQL query writing, relational database development and statistical data analysis skills.

In the IT industry, the information accessed and analyzed by data analysts resides in relational databases. So, data analysts have to also master the relational database and sql query writing path of their careers as well … and not just the statistical skills.

A lot of people struggle with the distinctions between purely statistical careers and the database analyst careers … don’t be one of those!
The Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence (BI) Career

BI and Data Warehousing careers require skillsets that are almost opposite to that of the relational database developer.

While traditional database developers focus on their normalization skills, data warehouse / BI professionals do the exact opposit by developing enterprise, de-normalized databases.

Another key difference is that while traditional database developers typically create Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) databases, data warehousing / BI professionals focus on building Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) databases.

The BI / Data Warehousing professional’s responsibilities also include creating and delivering multi-dimensional reporting tools using Business Intelligence tools like Oracle’s Business Intelligence (BI) or Microsoft’s SQL Server Buisness Intelligence platform.

From a responsibility standpoint, the data warehousing / BI professional is responsible for aggregating the data from multiple corporate databases (developed by database developers) into enterprise, corporate databases.
The Data Mining Career

Data Mining careers require a rigorous background, education or training in specialized computer-based data mining algorithms or techniques.

Data Mining professionals run algorithms like Neural Networks, Classification, Regression, Segmenattion, Association or Sequence Analysis algorithms on large databases.

Traditionally, data mining professionals had to have a strong background in mathematics, statistics and computer science because they often had to create data mining algorithms from scratch!

But these days, vendors like Microsoft are placing analytics and even data mining within the hands of every motivated database professional through out-of-the-box data mining algorithms like those of SQL Server’s Data Mining Suite.

The foundational skills required for database careers are taught in the SQL Boot Camp and the additional statistical data analysis requirements for data analysts taught in the Data Analysts Boot Camp.

The only thing left … is to take your SQL / Data Analysts training knowing that relational database development, SQL query writing and statistical data analysis skills will help advance your future for a long time!

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SQL – Third Most In-Demand Skill

ITCareerCoach — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:03:10 +0000

There is an article on Elance that says that SQL skills are currently the third, most in-demand skill on the Elance job network

Elance for those of you who’ve never heard of it, is one of the top job sites for freelancers or remote workers or offsite consultants

You may not have heard of Elance because you’ve always worked a full-time job and you don’t know much about the freelancing or moonlighting world or perhaps you have worked freelance jobs, but for some reason, have never heard of Elance.

Whatever your reason, I would like to introduce Elance to you as a job site worth checking out in the current recession.

Elance is a site you go to for freelance / remote / offsite work in web design, database development, web programming, technical writing, writing, business analysis and a whole suite of other professional careers.

Note that there are several types of database platforms available in the market including Oracle, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL. Also note that a relational database may be in-demand in one job site and not in the other.

For example, a relational database (rdbms) platform may be the hottest, in-demand database skill on Monster but not on Elance.

So, in this article on Elance, 1200 MySQL projects were posted in the last 30 days. Click here to read the rest of the article

I would love to hear from you, your take on this …

Have you used Elance or any freelancing job site?
Why do you think that SQL is the third most in-demand skill on Elance?
Are you planning to checkout any Freelance sites or would you focus exclusively on full-time job sites?

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SQL Interview Questions Part 1

ITCareerCoach — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:35:29 +0000

If you want to master working with SQL or are preparing for a SQL Interview, you already know that answering SQL interview questions is key to getting hired for a SQL job.

What you may not know is that the importance of learning SQL Interview Questions goes beyond just getting a job!

Believe it or not, getting a SQL job is not as hard as keeping the job after you get it!

In this article I will share the most effective strategies for acing SQL interview questions, getting a job or keeping a SQL job after you get it!

How To Ace SQL Interview Questions

Answering SQL Questions is easy when you realize that almost every SQL job interview is designed to be one of these:

Open Ended Or Essay Type SQL Interview Questions: In this type of interview, you are asked a number of open ended SQL programming questions. However the interviewer is not looking for a textbook or theoretical answer but a practical answer forged from the textbook, real world experience and hands-on knowledge of the question. You score points on each SQL interview question based on how knowledgeable or prepared you sound.
Multiple Choice SQL Interview Questions: In this type of SQL interview, you are made to take a SQL quiz using a testing software program. You may have to answer up to 50 SQL interview questions randomly selected from a question pool. You have to chose the exact answers and your choices are automatically graded at the end of your SQL developer interview.

Acing SQL Interviews Is Easy!

Now, why did I say that both types of interview questions are simple? SQL interview questions are simple because:

Limited Question Pool: There is a limited number of interview questions that you could be asked on SQL Queries or Relational Databases (RDBMS) or SQL Joins, Stored Procedures, or their SQL topics! The key is to recognize this in advance and prepare thoroughly and exhaustively.
Interview Questions Are 80/20: technical interviews are more practical rather than theoretical in nature. Job applicants tend to be overwhelmed when preparing for interviews because they try to study every possible theoretical questions under the sun! That is so wrong … the truth is that job interviews are designed to test the areas of a skill or technology that you actually use on the job! For example, Normalization to the Third Normal Form is good for most practical database projects. So, staying up late to master all the higher normal forms including Boyce Codd Normal Form is a bit of a theoretical exercise!

The Better Way To Prepare For SQL Job Interviews

The convenient or effective time to start preparing for a SQL Job Interview is not one or two weeks before you a job search! It is better to start preparing months in advance of your job search … that way, when you actually need to take an interview, you will have prepared yourself thoroughly in advance, without any pressure or duress and you have had time to assimilate and understand every nuance of the SQL Programming Language!

Continuous Testing And Assessment

The SQL Boot Camp Online Training Software has an in-built testing program. In addition to the Online SQL Video training you are tested continuously … to check your understanding, retention or application. There are three types of SQL Quiz questions employed by the SQL Boot Camp’s in-built Quiz training system:

Single Choice Quiz Questions: In a single choice quiz, you may choose only one answer as the correct answer.
Multiple Choice Quiz Questions: In a multiple choice quiz, you may choose one or more answers as the correct answer
Essay Type / Open Ended Quiz Questions: In an open ended, essay type quiz, you may provide as much detail as you would in a face to face job interview!

The SQL Boot Camp Online Training Software provides instant feedback to your answers in a single choice or multiple choice question. The feedback includes both the correct answers and the answer explanation.

The SQL Boot Camp Interview Questions Bank

There are more than 200 SQL Interview Grade Questions and Answers distributed throughout the SQL Boot Camp’s Courses. The Question Pool provides a complete, end to end, beginner to advanced training and assessment feature for professionals who wants to master SQL, ace SQL programming interviews or learn SQL writing for their day to day job

This is part one of the SQL Interview Questions series. Stay tuned for the second part of the SQL Interview Questions coming next!

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3 Day Early Bird Registration Discount Begins Now

ITCareerCoach — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:42:34 +0000

3 DAY EARLY BIRD TRAINING REGISTRATION DISCOUNT

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The IT Professional Boot Camp

The IT Professional Boot Camps are Video-Based, Hands-On, Instructor-Led professional training for beginner to senior business analysts, computer programmers, database developers and other IT Professionals who want to take their career to the next level by improving their skills. The training is provided through a secure, private, web-based, online training system which allows you to log-in and watch your training videos from the comfort of your home or office.

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You will get a payment confirmation e-mail and a link to complete your registration for the Boot Camps. As soon as you complete your registration (enter your name, address, etc.), you will get a confirmation e-mail for your Boot Camp training.

Busy Right Now?

If you are quite busy at work or in your private life, you can still take advantage of the 3-day special discount. Just register for training and then use a feature on the web-based training software to pause your training until you are less busy and are ready to begin training

Reasons Why You Should Take Your Training

Recession Proof Your Career: You become the better skilled, better trained or more productive team member. In a recession, the better trained or skilled professionals tend to keep their jobs while the lesser skilled workers are let go. If you are in the market for a new job, the skills you acquire during training look great on your resume to hiring managers and give you a competitive advantage over lesser trained or skilled job applicants.
Get A Salary Raise: Training or improving your skills make it easier for you to negotiate a salary raise or prove your worth to your manager. The investment in your training us easily reaped back in terms of better pay, better job prospects or better, more frequent on-the-job promotions.
Become The Best: The best rewards for taking your training could be that you simply become the best at what you do on the job. The extra peace of mind, improved self-confidence and command you gain from taking an IT Professional Boot Camp training means that you perform better on the job, handle your responsibilities more efficiently and on time and become the go to resource or leader on your team.

International Students Are Welcome

The SQL Boot Camp Training, Business Analyst Boot Camp Training and Software Developer Boot Camp Training is open to registration from USA, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Turkey, South Korea, India, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and other countries including Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Venezuela, Algeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Scotland, Wales, Zambia, Kenya, French Antilles, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Mexico, Monaco, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Romania, Uruguay, Virgin Islands (US). If you don’t see your country in the list, don’t assume that you cannot participate … ASK

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Beginner To Advanced SQL Skills In Hot Demand

ITCareerCoach — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:30:44 +0000

California Gold Rush Of 1949

Beginner to Advanced SQL Skills are among the top-paying, hottest, in-demand tech skills.

The demand for SQL skills is strongest across the breadth of Information Technology careers that includes the business analyst, web developer, data analyst, report writer, computer programmer or IT manager.

This article explains the reason why IT professionals at different stages in their careers (beginners, intermediate or senior) experience a consistently high demand for beginner to advanced SQL Query Writing skills.

Why Are Beginner Or Advanced SQL Skills in Hot Demand?

High Demand For Web Applications: Just about every commercial website or web application stores transactional or business data in a relational database management system (RDBMS). The rush to build web applications for business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C) transactions rivals that of the California Gold Rush of 1848
Competing On Data: Businesses are preserving more of their corporate data so they can discover profitable trends or patterns and compete better in the market place. The increasing drive towards storing data on every customer interaction or transaction is also driving up the demand for data analysts, database developers, report writers who are beginning to use or have mastered SQL database development, SQL query writing or SQL programming.

Why Learning SQL Matters

SQL Is Easier For Beginners To Learn Or Master: SQL is an easier or faster skill for beginners to learn or master compared to programming languages like Java, C++, PHP or C#.
SQL Is Standardized: Businesses tend to prefer one programming language or the other. For example, a business may standardize on Java and ignore C# skills or vice versa. However, SQL Programmers have a wider acceptance in the industry because the majority of SQL implementations derive from a standard, well-known form of SQL known as ANSI SQL.

If you are interested in improving your SQL skills, consider taking a Beginner to Advanced SQL Course. Here is some brief information about the SQL Training Curriculum

Study Guide For Beginner SQL Skills

If you are just beginning to learning SQL, conisder starting with the following courses:

Relational Database Design Course: Study both the logical and physical database design process
SQL SELECT Queries Course: Study how to write simple SQL SELECT statements using the FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING Clauses

Study Guide For Advanced SQL Skills?

If you are not new to SQL and would like to advance SQL skills, considering studying the following SQL courses:

Complex SQL Queries Course: Study how to write complex SQL statements using Subqueries, UNION, JOINS, UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT statements
Stored Procedure Course: Study how to write stored procedures, functions, triggers
Database Optimization Course: Study how to optimize your database stored procedures, indexes and queries

Download The Comprehensive Beginner To Advanced SQL Curriculum

If you are interested in improving your SQL skills, you may click here to download the detailed SQL Training Curriculum or click here to contact the SQL Boot Camp team and schedule for the next Beginner to Advanced SQL Training Class.

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Knowledge Workers Accept The Challenge To Be The Best Or Why IT Professionals Feel UnderValued

ITCareerCoach — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:38:35 +0000

How you value knowledge tells me a lot about who you are … because knowledge capital is the most important resource in any organization.

In the digital age, what makes one employee more valuable than the next employee is simply stated … the amount of knowledge, skill, expertise, training and learning they have managed to acquire and put to use.

Now, managers are not interested in employees that know it all … only in employees that constantly put their knowledge capital to work by solving corporate problems or challenges … those employees are the gold mines in any organization.

Now, think about it for a moment, if you are a trained, knowledgeable, competent, skilled Information Technology (IT) professional, your resume would display your accomplishments, success stories, skills, training and technical mastery. And because you have all these, you can send your resume anywhere in the the world … and be instantly hired! … just because you are very good at why you do … and you can prove it!

The singular reason why you, as an IT professional may feel undervalued or wasted in your career is that for some unknown reason … you have made the unconscious mistake of not investing enough of your personal time in improving your skills!

Here is why technology or software development professionals lag behind in their career:

Managers Have A “Show Me Proof” Mindset:

Managers tend to follow a show me proof strategy .. .simply put, you have to demonstrate that you have acquired or mastered a new skill … before you will get a break or the next promotion on the job. So, your manager will pay you more money when you show tangible proof that you have learnt a new skill, you have attended a new training or course, you have mastered a new technology or software development process like UML, Use Cases, Requirements Analysis or Object Oriented Software Development.

Without tangible proof that you are constantly improving or learning … you may not only be bypassed for new or important opportunities, you will also be more likely than others to be back-burned or fired in a recession.

Adult To Adult Relationship:

Several years ago, I was hired first after college into a Fortune 500 company as a Process & Technology manager. During the employee training sessions, I heard a great word that has stuck with me throughout my career … that word is “Adult – To – Adult Relationship“.

What that word really means, is that your employer wants to forge a new relationship with you, where you are treated as partner or co-business owner even though on paper .. you are just an employee. In the light of this, your employer wants you to take personal responsibility for your career, personal development, initiative or the contribution only you can make to the company … and that is where you may miss the boat!

Taking personal responsibility for your career means that you need to sit down and draw up a career roadmap of where you want to go in the next 1 year, make a detailed career plan for achieving your career roadmap … and then follow through.

You need to specify how long it will take you to master each skill or competency needed to perform your job 1 year from now and then personally ensure that you acquire the knowledge, expertise, skills, training or experience needed.

Some employees fall off the grid at this point by making the mistake of waiting on their manager to take personal responsibility for their IT Training and skills development.

You Are Only As Valuable As What You Know:

In today’s competitive digital economy, nobody gets ahead based on their good looks or their family connections or the type of college they attended! Even if you manage to get your foot in the door by “repeating the name of your alma mater three times” at the interview or getting your dad or mum to pull some favors for you … you will only last as long as the next round of corporate cost reduction / cost cutting a.k.a downsizing / layoffs.

So, there is no getting around it, you simply have to know what you are doing or strive to be the best on your job or just simply play the sorry, loser on your team … the butt of off-handed, not so subtle remarks on the need to shape up or shape out.

So, what is a knowledge worker to do?

The Attitude Of A Knowledge Worker:

Start by recognizing that knowledge is one of the core prerequisites for wealth, personal empowerment and career advancement. Tell yourself this “without knowledge I bring nothing to the table , no usefulness to my team or manager and therefore I may not have a job … and you will being to get the big picture.

To Be The Best:

Accept the challenge to be the best … you simply must accept the challenge to be the best at what you do, whether you are a business analyst, a computer programmer, a project manager, database developer or you wear a myriad of hats on the job!

The problem with individuals who do not accept the challenge to be the best on the job is that, they constantly allow themselves to under-perform because they don’t hold themselves to a high-standard! This may be due to a poor self-image or a feeling of incompetency or a “I could never be that good” mindset.

Unfortunately, this has a way of proving itself right. If you lower the bar for yourself, you will fulfill the expectations set for under-performers or inevitably shoot yourself in the foot. The saddest part of it is that you cheat yourself by losing out on the opportunity to discover that you are in your own unique way, a gem, a virtuoso, a top performer … who can achieve just like anyone else!

Take Your Training:

You have heard it all … you are only as valuable as the knowledge you bring to your team or manager … take personal responsibility for your career development … accept the challenge to be the best at what you do … so, what next?

No one ever achieved anything much without the help of other people … that is why I’m referring you to these great resources for becoming the best, the most competent professional, the top dog and not the under dog on the job!

We are now accepting registrations for the next batch of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOOT CAMPs … Early Bird Registration Discounts Are Available … Register Now And Use This Discount Code: EarlyBirdCoupon For A Special Discount

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SQL Training – Database Courses – Live Online Classes

ITCareerCoach — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:12:55 +0000

The technical skill most in demand or frequently asked for on business analyst job postings, computer programmer jobs, data analyst positions, report writer job openings or most software development job postings is relational database management skills including SQL programming, database design, database development and SQL querying skills.

Are you surprised or in doubt?

Take a look at the job postings for business analysts, computer programmers, data analysts or database developer jobs and you will see that the technical skills common to all software development professions include:

Relational database design skills
Relational database development skills
SQL data analysis, SQL querying or SQL programming skills

So, attending a relational database course or a SQL programming class will do a couple of things for you:

Boost your marketability for business analysis, computer programmer, data analysis, report writing or other software development jobs by helping you master one of the more frequently asked for or required software development skills
Give you portable Information Technology (IT) skills. IT Managers love software development professionals that can wear multiple hats and are able to transition from data querying and analysis roles to SQL programming or database design & development roles easily
Improve your resume overnight. Programming languages or software development skills take much longer than SQL programming or relational database development and are also harder to learn

Now, I have been discussing why taking a database design class or SQL programming course would benefit you … let’s take a closer look at the SQL courses offered on: SQL BOOT CAMP

Web Based Online SQL or Database Training Courses:
SQL Boot Camp is delivered to registered students via our web based, online training and learning management system (LMS) at : http://www.it-career-coach.com. Web based training is more flexible than traditional, class based training or other forms of distance learning because you can log-in with a private or secure access and take your training at a convenient time, from the comfort of your home or office and from any location in the world.
Video Based SQL or Database Training:
SQL Boot Camp is delivered via instructional videos that walk you through the beginner to advanced topics in database design theory, database modeling, SQL based data querying and analysis, etc. You may watch the videos at home or in your office and learn from a SQL instructor or database trainer without having to be in the same physical class room location. The SQL training videos are delivered through the web-based, distance learning, online training system at http://www.it-career-coach.comThe training videos are completely hands-on. You learn by watching or doing the tasks you the SQL instructor or trainer is performing.
Database Practice Tests, SQL Training Quizzes or Database Exams: Your learning, comprehension or technical mastery are tested as you work your way through the SQL topics or database development concepts presented to you. The quizzes or exam are built into the web based SQL BOOT CAMP training system at http://www.it-career-coach.com. They are designed into your database training class at regular intervals so you get regular feedback as you study and progress along the course.
Experienced Instructor Led SQL Training or Database Development Class: You are assigned a SQL instructor or database trainer when you register for the SQL training package. You are also assigned open-ended essay quizzes by your instructor, who is responsible for reading your essay or quiz responses and grading them. You are also given private assignments by your database design instructor that require you to perform specific skill based tasks. You submit the homework or assignment back to your course instructor … who grades it for you.
Progress Feedback / Report Card: While attending SQL BOOT CAMP you are graded on every module, assignment, quiz, practice test and essay given to you. Your grade scores are displayed in an web based report card which is available only to you as part of your SQL / database training course.
Private Discussions: During SQL BOOT CAMP You can post a question, concern or discussion on any SQL / database topic, video, assignment or quiz presented to you and get personal assistance, feedback, answers, coaching and one-on-one mentoring from your SQL Instructor.
Beginner to Intermediate to Senior Level Training: SQL Boot Camp is divided into multiple levels. The SQL BOOT CAMP training software system automatically moves you along your database training plan from one level to a higher level as soon as you work through all the videos, assignments, quizzes or essays assigned to you. You are notified by SQL BOOT CAMP when a new training video is posted by your instructor for you to watch, when it is time to take a practice test or quiz and when your instructor posts a question for you.
Certificate Based Training: At the end of your SQL training or database design class or database development course you are mailed a completion certificate that contains your grades and the skills you mastered. You will also be able to access your transcript online on a secure, private learning management system.
SQL Live Presentations / Seminars: We schedule live SQL development presentations or database training seminars. As a registered student of SQL BOOT CAMP, you are notified every time there is a live, online database design seminar or web based database development conference and preregistered for it, You won’t be required to pay for these seminars as well … since you are a registered student on “SQL Boot Camp”.

So, what are you waiting for … go ahead and register for SQL BOOT CAMP!

About The Author

My name is Kingsley Tagbo and I’m a technical expert living in Saint Louis, Missouri. I develop training, coaching, mentoring and personal development programs for software development professionals including business analysts, computer programmers, testers, project managers, web designers, data analysts, report writers, software developers and other information technology professionals .

My firm, Exacticity, performs software development consulting and training for clients throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. If you are in need of Business Analyst Training, Software Developer Training or Database Development Training, Coaching or Mentoring click here to get in touch with me.

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What Is The Fastest Way To Learn Any Skill?

ITCareerCoach — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:16:13 +0000

What is the fastest way to learn a technical, business skill or life skill?

Is any of these the fastest way to learn a skill?

1. Articles, tutorials or books?

2. Video or CD based courses?

3. Audio or MP3 based courses?

My Career Makeover Secret

If you have been following my blog, you probably know by now that I was educated as a chemical engineer.

However, I changed my career to information technology after I graduated and started work.

Why I Choose An Information Technology Career

I found my chemical engineering courses abstract, dull, lifeless and boring in college! The problem wasn't that the material was hard to grasp, but that it was too theoretical!

At that time of my life, I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I always had to work extra hard to motivate myself to study and whenever I studied, it was just to pass my exams!

Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation?

How I stumbled upon the fastest way to learn a skill

Then I stumbled upon a couple of friends who where computer science majors. These folks enjoyed their courses and looked forward to their exams.

Do you know their secret?

They had real jobs working as computer programmers while attending college! So, they applied the theoretical knowledge from computer science college courses to real world software engineering and computer programming problems!

These students were motivated because their learning wasn't entirely theoretical like mine was. They received a big, immediate, real-world payback from their studies by working on real, living, practical problems.

This my friend, is the fastest way to learn a skill.

Look at it this way. What is the fastest way to learn Chinese or any foreign language if you are an English speaker?

1. Studying books, videos or CDs on Chinese or any foreign language?

2. Attending language classes on Chinese or any foreign language?

3. Going to live and work in China or any foreign country?

Studies have shown that the human brain is not really designed and does not perform well with abstract subjects.

This is because our brains are designed to make meaning and interpret what it studies. so, concrete real-world concepts are easier for our brains to understand than abstract, theoretical information.

However, you have to be careful how you interpret the data I am giving you!

You cannot just learn information technology or software development concepts like UML, Use Cases, Requirements Analysis, Web Design, Database Design, Computer Programming, just by doing!

You Cannot Learn Just By Doing!

You cannot learn just by doing! If you try to learn just by doing, you will soon become one of those that don't understand what they are doing and are always
trying to guess at the correct solution!

The Best Way To Learn A Skill Includes Both The Theory and Practice

You need to have a sound theoretical understanding of the problem you are
solving and a lot of real-world experience with applying your theoretical
knowledge!

This my friend is the principle that I follow in all my training courses and
books.

1. I emphasize the exact amount of theoretical knowledge in my training
courses, no more and no less and

2. I emphasize the exact amount of practical, real-world, hands on
problem solving learning, no more and no less

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and practical skill that will take your business analyst career
or computer programmer career or IT analyst career to the next
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About The Author

My name is Kingsley Tagbo and I?m a technical expert living in Saint Louis,
Missouri. I write about the training, coaching, mentoring
and personal development of software development professionals including
business analysts, computer programmers, testers, project managers, web
designers, data analysts, report writers, software developers and other
information technology professionals .

My firm, Exacticity, performs software development consulting and training for
clients throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore,
Australia and New Zealand. If you are in need of software development
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