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Journal Entry: Monday, March 6th, 2023 Today is the 1st day you’ve been stranded on Database Isle - no contact with the outside world (the last guy/gal manning this dang thing) and no clue where to begin in your survival trek. You’ve been thriving thus far with the knowledge that being a stellar IT pro has granted you.…
Each new President-Elect talks about the goals they have for their first 100 days in office. Life as a new (or accidental) DBA will be no different. Well, maybe a little different, because as a new DBA, you likely have a 90-day probationary period. That’s right: a DBA has less time to show their value than the president!…
In previous posts, I've written about making the best of your accidental DBA situation. Today I'm going to give you my advice on the things you should focus on if you want to move from accidental DBA to full data professional and DBA. As you read through this list, I know you'll be thinking, "But my company won't support…
In my previous post, I wrote about becoming an Accidental DBA whether or not you had that title formally. I described the things a Minimalist DBA should focus on before jumping into performance tuning or renaming that table with the horribly long name (RETAIL_TRANSACTION_LINE_ITEM_MODIFIER_EVENT_REASON I <3 you.) In…
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