It's important that you remember to live and enjoy your life as it passes by. Today Steve Jones reminds us that we want to work to live, but also plan to live and plan for the future.  Read more...

It seems that often we promote the best technical people into managerial positions, but is that a good idea? Steve Jones notes that a few people think this is a bad idea and there ought to be a technical career path for IT workers.  Read more...

A new bill adds additional overtime exemptions for database professionals.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Would any job be enough for you to uproot your life?  Read more...

In the future we may be required to bring our own devices to work. Does that make sense? Would you want to get an allowance and purchase your own laptop?  Read more...

Steve Jones looks at the challenges of putting a team together of wildly different skill levels.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones talks about how you can present yourself better within the confines of a resume.  Read more...

This Friday Steve Jones asks about the market price for your skills. Do you know what it is?  Read more...

Are you a DBA tax on your company? Or an asset that's worth the cost. Steve Jones talks about trying to be the latter and not the former.  Read more...

Steve Jones notes you can learn quite a bit in 100 hours.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones looks at your experience, and what you do with it.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones reminds us that our communication skills are important. They are something that we use constantly at work and are worth developing.  Read more...

Would you be more productive outside of an office? Would you take a pay cut to work outside of an office? Steve Jones notes that a number of IT professionals said they would.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones looks at the problems we have with hiring staff and the troubles we go through. Perhaps we can do better with an investment in our people.  Read more...

What should those accidental DBAs do when they don't get any training, but they are responsible for database servers? Steve Jones has a few pieces of advice today.  Read more...

The job of the DBA is constantly evolving, but one thing has always been critical: access to data.   Read more...

Today we have a question from Andy Warren. How have you ended your time at an employer?  Read more...

Steve Jones talks about blogging today, how it can help your career, and how easy it can be to get started.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at side projects and how you might actually grow our careers.  Read more...

A guest editorial from Tim Mitchell today looks at keeping track of what we have done in our careers, and the value that it gives us.  Read more...