The Recording
The Panelists
- Kevin Feasel
- Mala Mahadevan
- Mike Chrestensen
Notes: Questions and Topics
Notes on NOLOCK
Mala sent in the first link, an article from Joe Fleming regarding NOLOCK. In it, Joe makes the argument that ceteris paribus, NOLOCK is not a good thing, but that there’s little to no value in eliminating it in an environment. I agree with the former and strongly disagree with the latter. Along the way, we talk for a bit about Read Committed Snapshot Isolation as the solution in most circumstances.
2025 Data Professional Salary Survey Results
The other point of discussion was Brent Ozar’s 2025 Data Professional Salary Survey results. I popped open Excel and did a little bit of pivot table work. We talked a bit about data cleanliness, salary extremes, trends, and why mean can be misleading for things like salary.