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Daily Archives: September 22, 2014
Automate Yourself to a Coffee Break
I’ve worked as a production DBA in a few companies, and in those positions, I’ve always worked to make my position one of “insurance,” with me able to respond when things go wrong. My goal has been to understand, improve, … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged administration, sql server
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The Mentoring Experiment – Closing Thoughts
Andy wrote a post today called The End of the Mentoring Experiment, which is something we’ve talked about for some time. In fitting with the decision, and perhaps justifying it further, we decided to do this a few months back, … Continue reading
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Tagged career2, mentoring, syndicated
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Grant for President
Grant Fritchey is running for the PASS board. He’s not running for President, though I’m not sure why he shouldn’t be able to. The board makes decisions as a group and the President isn’t necessarily more or less powerful than … Continue reading
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