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Top 10 Junior DBA Interview Tips

The start of a new year is a time for self reflection and along with it perhaps a desire to do something new with your career. Maybe you are considering becoming a Junior Database Administrator (DBA)?
Acquiring your very first role as a Junior DBA is no easy feat. Just browse any one of the many [...]

Blog your way to becoming a better DBA

One of the most rewarding aspects of Blogging is that the content you share and publish has the potential to help others in your community but have you also considered that Blogging can actually make you a better DBA?
You see the act of blogging itself provides a number of subtle benefits for your professional development.
Why [...]

SQL Server Essentials – Part 1: The Database Administrator’s Primary Responsibility

You’re busy coding away at your workstation when all of a sudden your manager walks over to you all excited and begins discussing with you, the details of this great new application your company has just aquired. It turns out that he wants you to look after and administer this newly aquired application platform, which [...]

The SQL Server Guru Challenge – are you “The One”?

Calling out all you SQL Server pro’s, guru’s and masters. So you think you know your SQL Server stuff pretty darn good then huh?
You’ve got some serious, in the trenches, experience under your belt and are certainly not afraid to use it.
No doubt you’ve been in quite a few tight spots before. You could keep [...]

What does it take to be an outstanding SQL Server DBA?

There has been quite a bit of activity this past week in the SQL Server community regarding how to secure a role as a Junior DBA.  Brent Ozar has posted a number of articles here and @SQLBatman has also been busy posting Junior DBA Questions.
Both authors make some excellent points but what if you are [...]

Developers vs DBAs

An excellent discussion by Gail Shaw has been posted on her Blog SQL in the Wild, regarding the ongoing debate surrounding the inherent adversity there seems to be between those two illustrious groups we know and love as Developers and DBA’s.

I find it quite disheartening that there seems to be a presumption between these [...]