She’d recently received an unsolicited invitation for a higher paying job in the business intelligence field.
Business Intelligence Careers SearchSQLServer.com Interview
Filed Under: Administration, Databases, Opinion, Professional Development, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Business Intelligence, Career, DBA, Developer, SQL Server 2008 R2, SSAS
SQL People Interview
Microsoft SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard has started interviewing a variety of prominent SQL Server personalities.
Filed Under: Databases, Interviews, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Career, DBA, Developer, MVP, Professional Development, Writing
Toad for SQL Gets 5 Diamonds from SQL Server Magazine
Filed Under: Cloud, Databases, NoSQL, SQL Server, TCD blog post Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Quest Software, Toad
Free Webcast Series: Patterns and Practices in Database Administration
SSWUG.ORG’s virtual webcasts will prepare the “Accidental DBA” for patterns and practices they will experience in their role as a database administrator. SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline will provide easy-to-understand insights and realistic examples for professionals who have not had any formal DBA training.
Filed Under: Administration, Challenges, Databases, Presentations, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Career, DBA, Management, Performance, Professional Development, SQL Server 2008 R2, Training
Leadership, Management, and SQLRally
Transparency – A Great Leadership Quality I’ve always appreciated how Andy Warren (blog| twitter) operates in the most transparent manner, especially as it relates to his role as a director for the Professional Association for SQL Server. For example, Andy’s latest blog post about prepping for the SQLRally, to kick off in less than 30 [...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Governance, Interviews, PASS, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Strategies, Video Tagged With: Career, Goals, Plays Well With Others, Professional Development, SQLPASS, Training
New on SQLMag.Com: Update to SP_WHOISACTIVE
I profiled Adam Machanic’s excellent stored procedure, SP_WHOISACTIVE, back in August of 2010
Filed Under: SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time Tagged With: DBA, Internals, Monitoring, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQLMag, Tools, Tools & Scripts
Funny Things You’ll Hear at the “Leadership for IT Professionals” at the 2011 SQLRally
The skills that enabled us to become top tier technologists don’t transfer into the management arena. This seminar will fill in those gaps.
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And the winner of the SQLBits8 Pub Quiz is… [drumroll please]
Wow – what a great trip through Europe! SQLBits8 was in beautiful and sunny Brighton, which everyone local to the area assures me that it’s not usually either. The crowd was large and enthusiastic. We did two rollickin’ fun lunch time vendor sessions, one being the SQL Pub Quiz. (I’ll tell you about the other [...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Databases, Presentations, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: DBA, Developer, SQL Server 2008 R2
SQLBits and Events in Dublin, Koln, and Malmo
Filed Under: Conferences, PASS, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: cloud computing, DBA, Developer, SQL Server 2008 R2, Training
SQLServerPedia Has a New Editor-in-Chief. Oh no, it’s Me!
I’m now stepping up in to the roll of editor-in-chief of SQLServerPedia. Here are some ideas I’d like your feedback on…
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post Tagged With: Oracle, Plays Well With Others, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQLMag, Writing
