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I am Chris Voss, also Cee Dub. By trade, I am a data professional. By hobby, I am an autism spectrum self-advocate, runner, and music nerd.
I should get back to blogging more frequently, and may have some motivation to do so in the near future. Might as well start now on getting a few of these unfinished drafts out of the way (some sitting here for years). A lot has happened over the course of the calendar year, and it’s […]
I’m hopping back in for this month, as we get into a topic I have dabbled with but have only recently used more often: notebooks. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday post is from a figure you might have heard of, Steve Jones (b | t). He’s asking if we use notebooks, how we use notebooks, and […]
I made a decision in the fall to try to become involved in programs benefitting my passions, hoping to contribute with those who helped me out. Whether it’s data, running, or learning how to navigate when dealing with neurodiversity. My wife has been a Nuun ambassador going back to 2018, as she has been a […]
Warning: This post contains expletives Time for a new entry, and it’s a timely extension of my first blog of the new website era. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday comes from Taiob Ali (b | t), who knows a lot about data and running. That obviously makes him good people. For the non-data community people who […]
“Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!” That’s the message at the beginning of every post when you first begin a site on WordPress. Well, after a plugin security hack in February, my original site was wiped out along with 200,000 others. Thankfully, I was able to […]
Time for another of those pieces that upon reading the subject, I had something to say. This month’s topic comes from Jon Shaulis (b|g). Impostor syndrome is hard to bypass no matter your level of skill. I’ve been mindful of impostor syndrome as I have become more experienced and found myself in senior roles. I […]
Well, 2019 was a ridiculously busy year, and I definitely did not blog as a result. Granted, nothing else beats getting to celebrate your legal union to your significant other in front of many friends and family, so 2019 was already a winner. After spending time with family this Christmas, I am motivated to write […]
Usually we here some degree of “the year was fun” or “screw this year, and next will be better.” On the surface, the engagement and the house made for a pretty outstanding year. Also, I got a volunteer promotion in the late fall as the Vice Chair of the ASNC Human Rights Committee, adding a […]
Seeing all the #MeToo statuses through my social media feeds, which took off after those revelations about Harvey Weinstein, has me in the midst of a two-fold thought. As a male, and as an individual on the spectrum, what would I know and what actions should I take? A concern I have for those on […]
Warning: this post contains expletives Last month, I gave the talk first referenced in last month’s Tuesday blog festival, concerning conversion functions with TRY. I can’t say I wasn’t nervous about giving my first presentation to a professional organization, even as a 101-level lightning talk. I was concerned about my own abilities on that stage, […]