The last few years SQLServerCentral and Red Gate have sponsored the Exceptional DBA awards. Each year we've asked for applications from DBAs doing great work for all shapes and sizes of companies. Once again this year we've gotten a number of great nominations from exceptional DBAs and their colleagues. Our judges have decided on five finalists, and now we'd like to get your opinion on who is the best DBA in 2012.
As DBAs we are often working in the background, unnoticed until something goes wrong. Then we get the kind of attention we're not looking to have. All our hard work, all our good work, is forgotten when things go wrong. That's the nature of the business and all of us should understand that when we start down a career in the technology arena.
The Exceptional DBA Awards aren't perfect, and we might not find the best DBA in the land, but we are looking to find the best DBA that our judges, and you, can from the nominations that we did receive. We'll recognize the best with a trip to the PASS Summit and an awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 6th at the SQLServerCentral party. It's a great networking event and chance to have a good time after SQL in the City - Seattle 2012 and before the rest of the week of SQL Server presentations.
Take a moment and vote today, and recognize one of your peers as the Exceptional DBA of 2012. Then think about how you can improve your work in 2013. I'd like to see you nominated next year.