Hello!
I'm new to this forum as my position changed within the last year from Box Office Manager to a more IT related field of Tessitura Database Manager. I've been learning a great deal through Tessitura training courses offered and the assistance of Tessitura support, however I hit a road block when it comes to anything requiring SQL knowledge which pops up very frequently. Since I didn't come from an IT background, I'm lost when it comes to this and it gets tough when I keep having to go to Consulting and present a charge to Administration to get a task completed. Do any of you have advice on how to gain basic SQL knowledge to do tasks in Tessitura. And if there are any of you who were in this same position, how did you go about learning and moving forward?
Thank you so much,
Melanie
Hi Melanie,
Welcome to the wonderful world of SQL! About 17 years ago, I sort of fell into an IT career as well. I was fortunate that the CIO sent me to a weeklong sql class, and that I was surrounded by people in the department who were patient with me. If you are having to learn on your own, I would highly recommend the Stairway series at sqlservercentral.com. Also, the Women in Tech group is a good place to join in for a monthly Lean Coffee session and any topic is welcome. Lastly, feel free to reach out to this forum, or you can email me directly (sheleheda@trustarts.org) should you need help with a specific query. I've probably run through most of them.
Best,
Nancy