http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Content tagged Career posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)Cross functional teams sounds a lot like a buzzword, and maybe it is to a degree - but still worth talking about and I have a short story to support it.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64427/2008/09/22http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64427/You have just been hired to help, "do database stuff", at a new company.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/64021/2008/09/19http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/64021/Would you leave technology and come back to it as a career? It seems that many people are afraid of doing it, but Steve Jones talks about why it shouldn't matter.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63910/2008/08/05http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63910/This Friday Steve Jones talks about the social networking phenomenon and asks how it should affect your career?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63335/2008/08/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63335/A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63538/2008/07/18http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/63538/A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63742/2008/07/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63742/A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63738/2008/07/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63738/A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs. (Steve Jones reads)http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63737/2008/07/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63737/In this article, republished from Brad McGehee's book 'How to Become an Exceptional DBA', Brad explains why there are several advantages for DBAs in continuing to take exams throughout their careers.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63521/2008/07/08http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63521/Are you taking care of yourself as an IT professional? We try to cover all aspects of your SQL Server career here, not just the technical stuff. Longtime SQL Server guru Michael Coles brings us some health tips in an interview with Dr. Jerry Sanders http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/2008/05/23http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/Are top notch programming skills innate or can they be learned? Janet Wong takes a look at the skills and capabilities of great programmers in this essay. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/State+of+the+Business/3000/2008/05/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/State+of+the+Business/3000/Longtime SQL Server author and expert David Poole takes a break from SQL Server to bring us a few life lessons for software development.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/62932/2008/05/14http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/62932/Most of us DBAs have worked on our career to get where we are. A DBA is usually a second or third step in IT and we we've looked to advance our understanding of technology. Jeffrey Yao now brings us a new level of database work to which we may aspire. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2989/2008/05/09http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2989/How does the job market look this year for DBAs? Steve Jones asks the SQL Server community for their thoughts on the current employment outlook.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/62848/2008/04/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/62848/A few notes from a consulting engagement that might get you to think about what to expect from your next contractors.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/62512/2008/04/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/62512/Everyone has a set of handy utilities and tools that they use with their SQL Server, but sometimes convincing an employer to purchase tools is hard. Longtime DBA David Bird brings us a list of the tools he likes to use and are FREE. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2959/2008/04/10http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2959/Dice.com recently completed a salary survey for 2007. If you didn't participate, Steve Jones summarizes the results for DBAs. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2935/2008/03/24http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2935/As a SQL Server DBA or developer, how do you measure the success of your projects? What about your users? Here is an interesting look by Janet Wong at a few of her projects and how their success was perceived. See if any of your experiences are similar. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2892/2008/02/28http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2892/Are you ready to move into management? The jump from tech worker to management is a large one and Andy Warren shares some of his experience in making the leap with you.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/61826/2008/02/18http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/61826/How can IT get along better with the rest of the business? Often a SQL Server DBA isn't in charge, but you can influence others and make everything work smoother with a little effort. Andy Warren gives you some tips and tricks that have worked well in the past.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/61338/2008/01/29http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/61338/There's a shortage of IT workers, which should lead to a pay raise for some people. Steve Jones takes a look at some recent news about IT salaries.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/62025/2008/01/21http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/62025/How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61903/2008/01/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61903/It's not easy to lose your job, but it can be done if you aren't performing. What concerns Steve Jones is someone recently lost their job for their behavior on their own personal time.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61870/2008/01/08http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61870/Life at college is good. It's a time in many people's lives that they'll never forget. Steve Jones asks if you'd want to go back to your adult roots.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61776/2008/01/04http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61776/Does it suck to be a corporate programmer? Joel Spolsky things so, but Steve Jones takes issue with it.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61828/2008/01/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61828/What will happen in the job market for DBAs this year? Steve Jones gives a few opinions based on what is happening in the industry.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61827/2008/01/02http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61827/It's important that you manage your career and not just leave it to chance. Steve Jones talks about what you might do to ensure that you'll be successful in the IT world.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61815/2007/12/31http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/61815/What makes a good manager? In response to a recent thread, Janet Wong takes us through some of the good and bad managers she's had during her career and talks about the problems today with technical managers. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2768/2007/12/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2768/We often see ways to improve your career, but there's a flip side as well. In the spirit of our "worst practices" series, Steve Jones takes a look at ten skills that could cost you your job if you can't perform them. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2744/2007/12/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/2744/The first part of a great video series from Chris Shaw of SQL Oncall that walks you through a mock interview and gives advice on how you can present yourself in the best light.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/61654/2007/12/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/61654/