So how was it? Were you mentored? Do you feel that you were "brought up" well by the senior DBAs in the organization? Do you wish you'd...

Technically, maybe.

But no one with 10 years of IT experience is going to take the job "junior"-ANYTHING. At least, no one I know.

Rick:

http://www.sql-server-performance.com/covering_indexes.asp

I'd be curious to hear from anyone who actually started as a "Junior DBA". All of the DBAs I know moved from development or IT positions, and were at...

I will be in there from 1:00 - 3:00 on Wednesday if anyone wants to come by and hit me with some questions

" Buko bucks (but not as good as it was 10 years ago)"

Actually, that's the real problem I see with lots of job postings.

- 10+ years experience

- Expert in [insert...

Do speakers get to attend for free? I wasn't able to register with your code, but I would have, if I'd been able to!

Whether or not it's efficient, it's impossible to determine normalization or quality of "design" without an understanding of the data. You were definitely correct to ask that question.

"5) Give me a table-only design (don't worry about columns) that would support a parking garage function."

This is an interesting question. Extremely open-ended! Does the database have to...

"I am not quite sure how to answer that question I routinely perform the following task with SQL (in your case this would be a long list). and most of...

"Sprinkle da data..."

Well if the candidate had replied, "that number is meaningless because..." as you just did, that would have been a great answer as well! Just because I ask for...

6 years. Yes. Why?

It depends on the position you're applying for, and whether you can back it up!

If, as this person was, you were applying for a mid-level VB developer job, which didn't...