I think the inherent contradiction in your own editorial highlights the biggest problem with DBAs. Quoting your own words...

"Too often we find people acting as a DBA, even having...

"Instead of piling on more, often increasingly complex, tools, I believe what is needed is a clear roadmap and methodology for systematically addressing SQL Server Performance issues."

This is the most...

Recently I made a large 'final' payment to the last credit card I own. The following month my bill came in and I expected to see a zero balance....

Oh no Steve, don't feel like that!!! I think you are just suffering a temporary "technology blues" moment!

With 30+ years under my belt in this business let me assure...

By the reasoning presented, you therefore believe that a blind person who has your book (or article) read to them, is thus enjoying "an alternate production" of your work and...

Its been my experience that trying to interview someone by playing the "Stump the Chump" game only gets you someone who might be very good at trouble-shooting, but may lack...

I have whined, ranted and raved for years about the lack of a good definition of what a DBA is. In fact, I would like to challenge you (Steve...

The biggest mistake developers make? Easy... Failure to consult and work with a good DBA when designing and developing an application. In other words, before and during...

With all due respect...

Manage my career? Let's see... I started in 1977 and have been through 3 mergers winding up in layoffs, 3 startup companies that went nowhere,...

At this point I am not interested in any cloud databases and years of experience has taught me when a collective of techies are all excited about something that has...

I've read the blogs and find the debate about the particulars of this subject to be interesting, and its nice to read what Steve has posted here - but all...

I am not sure I fully agree with you... Yes, I acknowledge that "do unto others as you would have them do to you" is a good axiom to...

Amazing!!! I was just at a meeting recently where some of us "old guys" were talking about how these younger generations just seem to LOVE complexity and confusion. ...

What wrong with our auto industry?

Imagine its fifty years in the future and your son or daughter is a school teacher talking to a class about this past decade or...

There was a case (I think back in the late 90's) where a disgruntled IT director took the backups (tapes and removable drives) and erased them all, and then planted...