Recently I was honored to be interviewed by Mamadou Dakouo for his company DataSteps. I was asked three questions: How did I learn SAS? What advice do I have for someone who wants to become a “top SAS programmer?” What is my favorite SAS procedure? My answers were In graduate school Be a self-starter […]
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Computer says…my job is safe
The purpose of this blog is simply to post this link to an article in The Economist. Click here to read the article “How soon will computers replace The Economist’s science writers?” At this point, I could stop writing because this article falls into the category of No Comment Needed, but that would be too […]
WUSS 2017: The Papers
The Western Users of SAS Software 2017 conference is coming to Long Beach, CA, September 20-22. I have been to a lot of SAS conferences, but WUSS is always my favorite because it is big enough for me to learn a lot, but small enough to be really friendly. If you come I hope you […]
Choose Your SAS Interface
A while back, I wrote about the proliferation of interfaces for writing SAS programs. I am reposting that blog here (with a few changes) because a lot of SAS users still don’t understand that they have a choice. These days SAS programmers have more choices than ever before about how to run SAS. They can […]
Introducing The Little SAS Enterprise Guide Book
There is a new member of The Little SAS Book family: The Little SAS Enterprise Guide Book. This book is for people who use SAS Enterprise Guide as their interface. EG is a point-and-click interface for SAS, but it’s great for programmers too. And this book includes a new chapter covering the wonderful features for […]
What’s Your SAS Interface?
These days SAS programmers have more choices than ever before about how to run SAS. They can use the old Display Manager interface, or SAS Enterprise Guide, or the new kid on the block: SAS Studio. All of these are included with Base SAS. Once upon a time, the only choices were Display Manager (officially […]
Free Resources for Learning SAS (and Other Tips from SAS Authors)
In celebration of SAS Global Forum, the folks at SAS Press gathered tips from SAS Press authors. Here is my contribution: This is the best time ever to learn SAS! When I first encountered SAS, there were only two ways that I could get help. I could either ask another graduate student who might or […]
Missed SGF 2016? It’s not too late
SAS Global Forum 2016 is over. Thousands of conference attendees are now back home. Much of the conference was live-streamed, but if you missed it, that’s all right because many of the best sessions were recorded. However, finding particular videos can be tricky. So, here are my favorites. Click the heading to link to […]