New DBAs@Midnight: Stuff Auction

Here's the latest on the latest DBAs @ Midnight videos, "Stuff Auction" This time, WE HAVE A PLAN.

DBAs@Midnight: Stuff Auction Part 1:

  • Recap of our week – MVP summit (Ozaaaaar!!) and Colorado skiing. 2 new blogcasts, Quest product placement, sort of.
  • 3:00 Jen's new job
  • 4:15 first topic – The Job Auction. What happens to your stuff when you leave a job…
  • The Tom we mention is Tom Yager of InfoWorld.com
  • 7:30 Jen admits to her dark urges.
  • 9:00 The best ways to scope out the soon-to-be-available stuff.
  • 10:55: "I take bribes, and suckups are welcome!"
  • Sean punched Tim Ford's new ink.
  • 13:30: There are some things that it's NEVER okay to do…

DBAs@Midnight: Stuff Auction Part 2:

  • Jen's impression of Stanley from the Office. And then the end of topic salute, which turns out to be kinda stupid.
  • Exam questions… "You're a SQL Server developer for XYZ corp…"
  • 1:45 What are the things to focus on at a new job. Jen's answer
  • 4:30 Sean's answer

DBAs@Midnight: Stuff Auction Part 3:

  • Continued, important first day questions.
  • 2:30 Jen wanders briefly into kidland
  • 3:00 Alerting and monitoring
  • 5:00 Powershell solutions for info gathering and monitoring. sean's PS blog…
  • 8:00 There's a DMV for that! Shirt ideas
  • 9:00 Sean's MVP week talk with Brent Ozaaaaaaaar!!
  • 12:30 More important first day tasks….business owners? Process? What's that?
  • 13:20 Eddie Izzard, "Death death death death lunch, death death…"
  • 14:00 Recap.
  • 15:00 Clusters are like Hummvees – everyone wants one, but few know or need what they're actually for.
  • 16:20 HA is often misunderstood… (You see how we start to wander after midnight?)
  • 19:00 An NDA flashlight, and Jen announces how she's going to blog guides to these podcasts, because they wander around so much.
  • 19:45 Sean actually <redacted> <redacted> Denali <redacted> Dan Jones.
  • 21:26 We say goodnight.

-Jen McCown

http://www.midnightdba.com