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I’m a college drop-out. When I was trying to figure out my life, a friend (my brother’s ex) referred me to a software company where she was working–I got the job because I was (a) breathing, (b) eager to do the job, and (c) cheap. The application we built and …
Continue readingBloggers spend a lot of time writing about our successes, but we're human and we make mistakes, too. This post is a chance to share one of my memorable failures.
Continue readingAbout two years ago, I moved my home office down into the basement at our house. Earlier this year, I started a new job at SentryOne, and work from home full time. This means I spend more (awake) time in my office than any other room in the house. I thought …
Continue readingBack in January, Malathi Mahadevan asked me if I would participate in a book she was working on. The book, "Data Professionals At Work", is part of Apress Media's "...At Work" series, an anthology of interviews with Microsoft-focused data professionals
Continue readingOn my flight home from a conference in Europe, I found myself watching a documentary on Fred Rogers. This prompted me to reflect on some of the extra special people in my life that have helped me get where I am.
Continue readingI’m no accidental DBA. Very shortly after I started working in tech, I realized that I wanted to be a DBA when I grew up. Eventually, I landed that DBA job, and have been a DBA ever since. A couple of weeks ago, I told my manager I was leaving and gave my …
Continue readingWatch my PASS Professional Development session on résumé writing and job hunting for data professionals.
Continue readingMohammad Darab interviewed me about SQL Server’s future, the DBA role, and cloud computing.
Continue readingWriting a good resume is hard. People will tell you lots of rules about what you should always or never do with your resume. Should you follow those rules? Are things different because of your industry/background/geography/niche? Should you be clever or …
Continue readingLike most people, I’ve changed jobs a few times in my life. My path from teenage grocery store cashier to Database Architect was a complicated and multi-step journey. During that journey, I’ve made some good decisions, and some bad decisions. If you’re like …
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