I'm another DBA who has email access via phone, so I can't see much added value, since I already receive notifications of job failures, account lockouts, etc.

As far as having...

Martin Cairney (6/9/2011)

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However, should a novice be installing, configuring and maintaining your mission-critical high-performance SQL Server system? Well, I know what my answer would be to...

I'm curious as to how a person should advertise his/her soft skills on a resume. I've heard recently that hiring managers mostly ignore the entries such as "good communication...

Unfortunately, many of the reasons to hire a DBA aren't seen as necessary by many companies until they actually encounter serious problems - such as DR needs or major performance...

To answer the original question, I would definitely be willing to take a pay cut in order to telecommute. I live 50 miles away from work, so the savings...

Great editorial, Steve. I appreciate your enthusiasm about learning how to cope with the influx of data that's coming our way now and in the future. Rather than...

aphillippe (4/13/2011)

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Not specific to SQL Server or DBAs but I see the 'in house' IT staff having to become much more business-oriented, more generalised and more project oriented. The trend...

WolforthJ (3/16/2011)

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There is a lot of gray area between those two extremes Dizzy. I prefer to start with a partnership in mind and work it out from there. We are...

There's an interesting tug-of-war going on between IT and another large business organization within my company. IT is trying to tell the business which tools to use and processes...

drowlfs (3/10/2011)

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I kind of agree with that...

I find this topic funny, in a sick way. We do have SLAs, and they're a big deal to management. However, the DBAs and developers are not told...

What about when management forces or tries to force you to do something that you know is wrong? Such as giving them data that's private, but they do not...

I've discovered that when writing instructions for users, it doesn't matter how simple or complex they are. Over half of our users make no attempt to read it, they...

blandry (12/9/2010)

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Just a couple weeks ago I was with a client who asked me about the commercial Microsoft is now running where some 'hip dude' on his laptop can't get...

While triggers are not my favorite, I would like to bring up the question of how business rules for the data are enforced when someone makes changes directly in the...