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The Mentoring Experiment – Closing Thoughts

Posted on September 22, 2014 by way0utwest

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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The Ten Commandments for DBAs

Posted on September 15, 2014 by way0utwest

I like lists, and this list certainly caught my eye: the 10 commandments of database management. It’s from a lead database architect that has experience with a variety of RDBMS’s as well as NoSQL technologies. It’s an interesting list, and one … Continue reading →

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Prepping for 2015

Posted on September 10, 2014 by way0utwest

It’s important that you regularly work on your career to continue to grow, and these days, ensure that you can find a job. It doesn’t matter if you’re a doctor, an electrician, a banker, or a technologist, the world seems … Continue reading →

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The Real Scary DBAs

Posted on September 8, 2014 by way0utwest

I ran into someone recently that told me they were scared at their job. This person had built a number of ETL jobs to move data around between systems. They were trained as a developer, but had a little experience, … Continue reading →

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