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MySQL Expert Ronald Bradford shares valuable input in MySQL Performance Tuning, MySQL Scalability and general MySQL Help from his two decades of working with MySQL, Oracle, Ingres and development technologies.

The Hobbyist and the Professional

I first coined this term in February 2006 in a paper titled “Overcoming the Challenges of Establishing Service and Support Channels” for the conference “Implementing Open Source for Optimal Business Performance” View Paper.

I must have referenced this several times, time to give this topic it’s due notice. In summary it targets three areas:

the lack of appropriate database design in open source projects
the lack of coding standards
the lack of sound programming principles

Here are the bullet points from the slide in a presentation.

Hobbyist

Download-able software and examples
Online tutorials
Books like Learn in 24 hours/For Dummies

Professional

Formal Qualifications
Grounding in sound programming practices
Understanding of SDLC principles
Worked in team environment

Middle Ground Developer

Time to skill verses output productivity
Depends on environment and requirements

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MySQL Expert Ronald Bradford shares valuable input in MySQL Performance Tuning, MySQL Scalability and general MySQL Help from his two decades of working with MySQL, Oracle, Ingres and development technologies.