Here is Josh's job title: Application Development Manager at University of Iowa Foundation. He will visit us Friday morning. Please post your questions for Josh. (Maximum cardinality on replies: 8)
My question is: what is the most frustrating problem you have encountered during your career dealing with application development and database? How did you or your team solve it?
From Kangwei Chen
What software and programming languages are good to know if I want to work with database in the future?
What has been your most ambitious database application that you have been apart of?
Do you enjoy your job on a day to day basis?
What is the fastest growing application of data management technology that you see today?
Why did you decide to take this job and how long have you been working here? Do you plan to stay at this job for a long time?
What is your favorite part of your job?
How often do you update the table attributes/ entity classes?
Is it easy to get a job if you have experience working with databases?
How do you maximize efficiency without problems on a large database?
What do you spend most of your time doing at work? Is it fun/challenging/exciting?
How hard is it when someone new is added to the group?
What's your workspace like? Open and sunny, cubicle, large bean bag chairs?
What trends do you see coming in the next 3 years that will impact your role the most?
What do you think about NoSql and mongodb? Are there any chance that those technologies will compete with relational database management system such as SQL Server or MySql in the near future?
As a Application Development Manager what is the one of the responsibilities you find the most challenging?
What does a typical day work day entail for you? Are there any repetitive tasks you find unappealing or boring?