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Tag: Redgate

  • The Book of Redgate: Do Your Best Work

    One of our mission statements in the Book of Redgate says: attempt to do the best work of your life.

    I’d like to think that at most points in time, people are trying to go good work. There are always times when you are distracted, ill, new child, etc. However, doing the best work of your life? Do you think you are always doing the “best work” at a new place? Or being the best version of yourself at this current position?

    I think I am, and this is a good reminder to strive for being the best you can be at that point in time.

    The text alongside this value is: We’d like you to achieve your own greatness and to be all that you can be. We’ll try hard to allow that to happen and we’d like you to try hard too.

    That’s comforting and inspiring. I do think we try to allow people to grow and achieve things. It’s a nice environment.

    I have a copy of the Book of Redgate from 2010. This was a book we produced internally about the company after 10 years in existence. At that time, I’d been there for about 3 years, and it was interesting to learn a some things about the company. This series of posts looks back at the Book of Redgate 15 years later.

  • A DevOps Workshop Tomorrow in Atlanta

    Tomorrow is the Redgate DevOps Day in Atlanta. You can still sign up, so do that if you can make it. Here’s the rough outline

    • Vision Session – w/ Advocate Steve Jones
    • Redgate Flyway hands-on Session
    • 6 ways to Elevate Database Monitoring
    • Whiteboarding Session
    • Test Data Manager Demo Session
    • Networking/Happy Hour

    Lunch is provided and I’m looking forward to this. I’m traveling from Baton Rouge today to Atlanta (probably right now), coming from a customer visit.

    Register and come see me in Atlanta tomorrow

  • Speaking at the NYC Lunch and Learn–May 23

    In a couple of weeks, I’ll be in New York City for the Redgate DevOps Devour Hour Lunch and Learn. This is at the Industrious office at 730 3rd Avenue, which is a neat location near the tip of Manhattan.

    This is a half day event, from 12-430, with a short happy hour afterwards. I’ll be there, along with Kendra Little and Erik Darling, talking a variety of different topics.

    • The SQL Server Performance Tasting Menu – Erik
    • A Tale of Two Clouds: What I Learned from Migrating from Azure SQL MI to Amazon RDS for SQL Server – Kendra
    • Designing Zero Downtime Database Deployments – me

    I’m excited to head back to NYC, which is always a fun trip for me. Even more exciting, Erik and Kendra are people who always get me to think with their views of how to work with databases effectively.

    My session will be a mix of tech demos and tips/tricks on how to better make changes to your database systems without interrupting customers.

    You can register today and I’ll see you in a few weeks.

  • DevOps Day – Atlanta

    No tour this year, but Redgate does have a few DevOps events scheduled. I’m hoping for more, and the first one for me this year is Atlanta. You can register for the DevOps Day Atlanta Workshop on May 15, just a few weeks away.

    I’ll be there to set the stage and give a high level view of how Redgate approaches better database code management and deployment with Flyway. We’ll also have a whiteboarding session if you have questions to solve some architectural challenges.

    If you can make it, please register today and come enjoy a day with us.