DBA Career - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the DBA Career category.
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
Winner of the April SQL Aloha Contest
DBA Career,Question of the Month | May 4, 2010 | 2:06 pmThis month’s question had 28 responses, and as usual, I found it difficult to select a winner because all of the responses provided valuable information that all DBAs can learn from. This month’s question was: What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along in their career? If you haven’t ...read more
Nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Award are Now Open
DBA Career,News | May 3, 2010 | 6:16 pmSQLServerCentral.com, along with Red Gate Software, are glad to announce that nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Awards are now open. Three years ago, the award was established to help bring about more awareness regarding the importance of the DBA role among the IT community. The first ever Exceptional DBA Award went to Dan McClain ...read more
Results of Microsoft Certification Poll
DBA Career | April 22, 2010 | 4:54 pmIn a recent poll at www.bradmcgehee.com, I asked website visitors if they had any Microsoft SQL Server certifications, and if so, which certification. I also asked how many people who weren’t certified wanted to become certified, and how many people who weren’t certified didn’t have any interest in certification. The results are below.
Northwest Arkansas TechFest Set for July 18
Conferences,DBA Career | April 11, 2010 | 11:16 amDavid Walker, the organizer of the popular Tulsa TechFest, is organizing the first annual NWA TechFest, to be held Thursday, July 18, in Rogers, AR. The event will cover numerous Microsoft technologies, including SQL Server. The call for speakers is now open, and registration will begin soon (mark the event on your calendar now so ...read more
Need to Persuade Your Manager or Co-Worker to Your Point of View?
Books,DBA Career | March 18, 2010 | 11:05 amAt one time or another, each of us has been in a position where we need to persuade a manager, a fellow worker, or anyone for that matter, to our point-of-view. For example, you might want new server hardware, to upgrade an existing instance of SQL Server, the help of a co-worker, or you would ...read more
Want to Learn More About How to Master Microsoft Technologies?
DBA Career | | 10:03 amIf you want to learn more about how to master various Microsoft technologies, visit the website Born to Learn. This website includes blog, forums, and an event calendar to keep you up to date on how Microsoft can help you in your career. While anyone can view the site’s contents, you have to register in ...read more
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