About a year ago I blogged on how I thought Chris Hansen would make a great DBA. A few people said they liked that blog post and I loved the idea of getting Chris Hansen involved but he has yet to return my phone calls, emails, or telepathic messages. Anyway, as I was assembling materials … Read more
I just knew I was going to coach college basketball. No doubt in my mind, I knew that I would be working the sideline on a Saturday afternoon somewhere. I also knew that most of the jobs went to people that were former players (regardless of coaching ability), or to people that were connected to … Read more
I wanted to give a big thanks to Kevin Kline (blog | twitter) and Buck Woody (blog | twitter) for writing the forewords to my book. I put them on their own page at http://dbasurvivor.com, as well as posted a blog entry for them. I’m not sure I could ever thank them for taking the … Read more
I get asked from time to time to recommend SQL training resources. Many times the question is more about free training, as most everyone would like to avoid having to spend money (in good times, and in bad, but especially in bad). The trouble with anything free is that you get what you pay for. … Read more
I was thinking to myself the other day with regards to teams, and how you can make them stronger. Let’s say that you have a team member that is unable to come to work one day, for whatever reason. Now, as the manager you have a specific workload to get done, so you need someone … Read more
As my book inches closer to being actually published, I finally got my new cover and just noticed that it was live at Amazon so I thought I would post it here as well. Yeah, it is starting to feel real now. I have not heard about an official release date, but I think we … Read more
