CoffeeStudyTalk

Enjoying studying at home.  It's much more convenient and cheaper!  Loving it (actually, doing this as I have to do laundry and wanted to take care of it today so I am totally free tomorrow).

I am studying at home this weekend and picked up some Starbucks Drinks at the local grocery store.  It tastes surprisingly good and cheaper than buying it at the actual Starbucks shop.  While there is the joy of drinking coffee at Starbucks, this is a good second when you want to stay in. 11 oz Iced Coffee w/ Milk (ICM) my favorite drink. Only 50 calories.  Not bad....

A spot was available at Coffee Bean.  Onwards to the studies.  Went back to the M50's.  Much better for noisy coffee shops.

Did laundry in the morning, had a late lunch and now hitting the 'books' again.  Brought the Audio Technica 55's.  And using my new IPad case...a gorgeous green color. Way better than my old drab black case.

Going to eat a late lunch then head over to a coffee shop for some more studying!   Window seat.  Raspberry Ice Tea. Awesome weekend and awesome day!

Place is packed, but got a spot by the corner with a window view.

Everywhere was packed.  Wasted an hour driving around and just went home.  Picked up a Raspberry Ice Tea.  Chapter 6!  Playing 'World Order - Welcome to Tokyo'

Chapter 5 - Grouping & Windowing SQL. Trying a Strawberry Smoothie. Good stuff.  The multiple ways to group and use various options, like a CTE.

Alright, let's get it cracking...another weekend...more study.  Ended up at Starbucks as the other Coffee Shop had no parking.  Lighting is good, seats are comfortable so I might just return back to Starbucks.  I hope to push ahead and try to knock out three chapters 4, 5, 6.  Got 17 total and that would put me 1/3 of the way to completion. Good stuff...recursive CTE (common table expressions).  Pretty wild I can now follow and make sense of all this code!

Here is an older pic when I started studying for the MCSA.  This was one of my last times at Starbucks (although, in hindsight the lighting, chairs and tables are much more comfortable than another coffee shop I've been frequenting recently).  I may return back.  But anyway, I'm marking the 'study shot'.  So what are you studying today?  

Put it to the test and was studying @ 3am.  My amazement, I wasn't alone and there were others also studying.  Granted, I think they are still in school and I'm purely voluntary.  Weird to see the morning shine in...it's been a while since I pulled an all-nighter.

The MCSA certification is much more rigorous then I had originally thought.  I am studying the first book 'Training Kit 70-461 Querying Microsoft SQL Server' and it's packed with info.  Taking some time to digest.  This will not be easy for me.  Although, I've already written and used much of the code discussed for years, the way the book dives into the minute detail humbles me at how poor my code has been.  My typical study arrangement...iced coffee,iPad, headphones, pen & paper.  Trying to hit up non-Starbucks locations.

SQL Server is on my plate of things to study up on.  See some good stuff in this book.