The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – Stephen Covey – Here’s a familiar response you’ll get when you ask someone how they’re doing – BUSY. It seems that busyness has become a badge of honor these days. I know what that means, I was born and […]
“Do You Want to Pursue a Career as a SQL Server DBA?”
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The side effect of learning something new is that you feel like you were smarter today than you were yesterday. OK, wait, let me take that back. The irony of learning something new is that you feel like there’s a lot more that you don’t know. It’s easy to think that we already know what we […]
I’ve made it official last week on my LinkedIn profile. It’s been interesting to see the different comments I got after my LinkedIn status change. But what’s really exciting is the journey and the story behind it. I have worked for Pythian since November 2008 – started out as a SQL Server DBA until eventually moving on to […]
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kenneth Fisher (blog | twitter) and the topic is security. Security is a topic that I’m pretty serious about and have decided to join in the conversation. Security is one of those subjects that most DBAs have to deal with regardless of specialty. So, as something we all have […]
Back in 2011, I have had the opportunity to do an interview with the folks from Talk TechNet. Keith Combs (Twitter | blog) and Matt Hester (Twitter | blog) were very kind to have me on the show. The main topic of our discussion is focused on how to become a SQL Server DBA. I shared my story on how I became a SQL Server DBA, how to get started when you don’t have a clue about what being a SQL Server DBA is, and some of the tools to get you started.
Being a SQL Server DBA is a great career to pursue, especially in this day and age of massive accumulation and management of data. Whether you’re considering to pursue a career as a SQL Server DBA or are being forced to be one, tune in to the conversation to help you get started.