CodeProject Focus Group - Professional Profile

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Mark Wallace is a fictional character in a series of books by Mark Wallace, who somehow got mis-described as a web developer on CP.

Hello my name is Kris. I’m here because I am passionate about helping non-techie people to overcome their fear of learning SQL.

I know what it is like to not know where to start or whether the time spent learning is worth the effort. That is why I am here to help you to:
- Get started in an easy to follow step-by-step manner.
- Use your time wisely so you focus on what is important to learn to get the most value from your time.
- Answer your questions. Really! Just post a comment and I’ll respond. I’m here to help.

It wasn’t long ago that I was helping a colleague with some reporting. She didn’t know where to start and soon got overwhelmed and lost as she didn’t know SQL.

I felt really bad, as she was under pressure to get some summary information to her boss, the built-in reports were falling short, and to make them better would require her to know SQL. At that time that seemed impossible! It in dawned on me, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Then I discovered a way for anyone with the desire to easily learn SQL. I worked with my co-worker, started to teach her what I learned and soon she was able to write reports and answer her boss’ questions without getting stressed or ploughing hours into manipulating data in Excel.

It hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes the information seems abstract or too conceptual. In this case I’ve found out that a visual explanation is best. I really like to use diagrams or videos to explain hard-to-grasp ideas.

Having video, pictures, and text really help to reinforce the point and enable learning.

And now I want to help you get the same results.

The first step is simple, click here http://www.essentialsql.com/get-started-with-sql-server/

Allen is CTO of SocialVoice (https://www.socialvoice.ai), where his company analyses video data at scale and gives Global Brands Knowledge, Insights and Actions never seen before! Allen is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the British Computing Society, a Microsoft mvp and Regional Director, and C-Sharp Corner Community Adviser and MVP. His core technology interests are BigData, IoT and Machine Learning.

When not chained to his desk he can be found fixing broken things, playing music very badly or trying to shape things out of wood. He currently completing a PhD in AI and is also a ball throwing slave for his dogs.

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I'm a long-time Windows developer. I primarily use C++, C++/CLI and C# these days. I have worked on numerous desktop applications. These days, I am the primary Windows developer for a desktop data visualization tool aimed at scientists and engineers.

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

English born, former Professor of Computer Science at a no-longer existing college in England. Has previously lived in England, Sweden (very briefly), France (also very briefly) and Germany (six long years). Now lives in the United States where he is happily married with one son, another adopted son and a new puppy (barky and bitey - hopefully this will wear off as she gets older). Has designed and written an expert system for test flight data analysis (jet fighters - very exciting and very noisy), automated robot control systems, designed and written two specialized interpreted languages and implemented a Rexx interpreter (twice). He is now based in Maryland, USA and most recently maintained an extensive and heavily used medical and administrative intranet/extranet and associated systems using ASP.NET mostly in C# (with some old VB still hanging around) with a lot of JavaScript and various bits of SQL. Just started a new job as a G-man - will update as time goes by.

In his spare time he writes code for fun and is currently working on a simple space exploration, trading and resource management game (more to become an expert in jQuery and SVG than anything these days). Other activities include board-games and swimming for health. Past activities include Judo, fencing, archery, pistol and rifle shooting and other peaceful activities, not to mention sailing, skiing, scuba diving and riding horses, camels and elephants.