Category: All Things MidnightDBA

Want to lose #20PoundsBeforeTheSummit? Join the #GetHawt competition!

We here in the IT community are clearly concerned about our weight. More specifically, we’re concerned about our weight going up and up like a growth chart for a high-transaction OTLP database. (SQL tie-in for ya, there.) Starting to move… We’re starting to do something about it. I know people in the SQL community on […]

Hired

Three weeks ago, I announced my intention to find a new job. I wanted to solve problems, and work for an awesome company (“make good money” is always understood). Since then, I talked to my Twitterverse, contacted a few folks in my network directly, studied, and went to a couple of interviews. Post-mortem of Interview […]

#SQLRally Women in Technology Panel of WIN AND AWESOMENESS

Best. Luncheon. EVAR. I just finished up moderating this year’s Women in Technology panel here at SQLRally, and it was fantastic.  SQLSentry sponsored (thanks!), and our panelists were SQL notables Erin Welker (@sqlbigirl), Jen Stirrup (@jenstirrup), and Wes Brown (@SQLServerIO)*. The topic was absolutely brilliant: Negotiation. The abstract: Whether you are searching for a new job or simply needing […]