DBA Career - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the DBA Career category.
Microsoft Offers New Certification Exam Discount
DBA Career,News | August 27, 2010 | 4:07 pmIf you are intending to take any Microsoft Certification tests soon, you are in luck, because Microsoft has recently introduced a discount you will want to take advantage of. If you are willing to purchase a 2-exam or 3-exam certification pack, you will get a 15% discount off the cost of the exam’s regular price. ...read more
DBA Tracy Hamlin Wins the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
DBA Career,News | August 20, 2010 | 8:49 amTracy Hamlin (Twitter) has been voted as the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year by the SQL Server community. The annual awards program, hosted by SQL Server Central and sponsored by Red Gate Software, drew the largest number of community votes in its three-year history. Tracy receives a trophy, full conference registration for the PASS ...read more
It is Great to Get Feedback From My Readers
DBA Career,Opinion | July 12, 2010 | 10:48 amI get a lot of emails from people who read my blog, books, articles, and from people who have attended my presentations. I recently received the following email, which I particularly appreciated. While he has kind words to say, what really impressed me about this email was that the writer had taken my recommendations, and ...read more
Vote for the Exceptional DBA of the Year
DBA Career,News | June 23, 2010 | 1:00 amStarting today, you can vote for the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year. All of the nominations have been reviewed by a panel of judges, and six have been selected to be voted on by the SQL Server community. The winner will not only receive the recognition of being the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the ...read more
Travel Tips from an Intrepid Traveling DBA
DBA Career,Fun,Opinion | June 17, 2010 | 3:45 pmRecently, Buck Woody challenged myself, Paul Randal, and Brent Ozar to write a blog post on “How I Travel”. I have actually been thinking about blogging about this topic, but I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in hearing my travel tips, but since Buck put me up to this, I can blame him ...read more
Hawaii is Not Prometric Microsoft Certification Test Friendly
DBA Career,Opinion | June 15, 2010 | 10:49 amWhile I was at TechEd last week, I got a 50% off Microsoft Certification test voucher that expires on June 30, 2010. Since I had not yet taken any SQL Server 2008 certification tests, I decided that this would be a good opportunity to save a few dollars and take the test. I have been ...read more
Becoming a Part of the SQL Server Twitter Community
DBA Career | May 26, 2010 | 5:16 pmThere have been tens of thousands of blog posts and articles written about Twitter, and because of this, I have hesitated writing one myself. I have decided to write a short post because of something I overhead at a recent conference I attended. Here is what I overhead, “I’ll start posting on Twitter once I ...read more
Career Advice for the Novice SQL Server DBA
DBA Career | May 12, 2010 | 3:00 pmIn April, I ran a Question of the Month that asked, “What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along in their career.” As usual, the SQL Server community responded and provided a lot of great advice. Below, I have summarized (in no particular order) most of this advice to ...read more
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