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Action Over Knowledge

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I saw a quote recently that resonated with me. It's not something I've often struggled with, but I have at times. Here's the quote: "Life rewards action, not intelligence. Many brilliant people talk themselves out of getting started, and being smart doesn't help very much without the courage to act. You can't win if you're not in the game." - @JamesClear Read the rest of Action Over Knowledge

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A series of episodes that look at databases and the world from a data professional's viewpoint. Written and recorded by Steve Jones, editor of SQLServerCentral and The Voice of the DBA.

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Lobbying for Change: The Connect system from Microsoft doesn't work that well, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to press Microsoft for change. Read the rest of "Lobbying for Change" at SQLServerCentral. by Voice of the DBA
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Backup Responsibility: One of the most important things that you can do as a DBA, or really as any sort of system administrator, is back up your system.Ensuring that you have have backups, and of course, that you can restore them, is the number one priority for sysadmins.... by Voice of the DBA
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The Subtle Push to the Cloud: With SQL Server 2014 released, there's the temptation to upgrade for many DBAs. However the licensing costs and debatable improvements in the product will temper the DBA's enthusiasm with the reality of the ROI seen by management. While reading about... by Voice of the DBA
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If or When?: I saw this post recently about security and preparing for a data breach. The title caught my eye because it implies that we're all doomed. Do the rest of you think that? Is it a question of when we'll have a security breach not if? Given the... by Voice of the DBA
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Problems with Big Data: Big Data is constantly in the news. We've been asked at SQLserverCentral to try and develop some articles, perhaps even a stairway to explain what Big Data is and how we might use it. I'm still trying to grasp the concepts myself, and unlike the... by Voice of the DBA
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Advice for Newcomers: A friend recently was asked to give a presentation on their career to a group of 12 year olds. It was a challenge to engage the students, and my friend was surprised that very few of the kids were interested in technology. I was disappointed as well... by Voice of the DBA
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Vocation or Career: Career: an individual's journey through learning, work, and other aspects of life. Vocation: an occupation to which a person is specially drawn or for which he or she is suited, trained, or qualified. Which one describes your current employment... by Voice of the DBA
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Laptop Dreams: The Surface 3 was announced last week, and I was underwhelmed by the event, especially the presentation itself. The entire spectable didn't seem to compare to some other companies' announcements. I did, however, find myself thinking about... by Voice of the DBA
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How Long Before You Upgrade?: It's 2014. SQL Server 2000 is 14 years old, but there are still quite of you managing instances. SQL Server 2005 is 9 years old, and I'm sure more of you still deal with that version. I know because I work for a software vendor and I'm constantly... by Voice of the DBA
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Consolidation Matters: Throughout my career I've been looking to consolidate SQL Servers when I find them. The typical employer I've had usually grows their IT infrastructure over time and many projects look like this: Build or buy a software package Buy a new... by Voice of the DBA
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The Gadget Itch: Many of the people that work in technology are interested in gadgets and hardware as much as software. Not all of us, but many of us have had side projects where we've melded hardware and software together. For those of us that are older, and started... by Voice of the DBA
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No Handwaving Away the DBA: There's a great quote I read, at the end of this article. It says: "...if you think that switching to NoSQL will just let you hand-wave away all of the challenges of running a database, you are terribly misguided." The context is that all too... by Voice of the DBA
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One Database to Rule Them All: This is what you build to juggle 6,000 tweets a second. That's the headline that caught my eye and it's about the challenges of Twitter and the data that they handle. Twitter definitely has a tough problem, one that few of us have, but perhaps they... by Voice of the DBA
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The Real Scary DBAs: I ran into someone recently that told me they were scared at their job. This person had built a number of ETL jobs to move data around between systems. They were trained as a developer, but had a little experience, got sucked into working with SQL... by Voice of the DBA
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Due Diligence: I often talk with people about building their brands and finding a way to ensure they are a highly desirable employee. One of the ways that I think people can do this is with a technical blog about their career. Having a technical blog allows someone... by Voice of the DBA
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The Development Backup: Have you ever had a development server crash? Have you lost work because of this? Had delays or had to recreate code? You shouldn't, or at least you shouldn't lose much work or time.. There was a time when I offered to manage backups on all... by Voice of the DBA
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Good Practices for Software Development: Would you post your password on a wall in your office? Of course not, because other employees, the cleaning crew, even guests walking around your office would be able to access your system with your account. When I read Brian Kelly's post on... by Voice of the DBA
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Dev Ops: The DevOps movement is supposed to promote a closer collaboration between developers, testers, operational people, and really anyone else that must help software gets build and deployed. The developers need to coordinate their needs and requirements... by Voice of the DBA
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Why Don't We Have Better Practices?: This essay isn't quite Safe For Work (SFW) and might offend a few people, so be warned, but I found it somewhat humorous. It's a look at all the insanity and problems with programming and software in the world. It certainly makes me glad that... by Voice of the DBA
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Data Decisions or Instinct?: Most of us that are data professionals think the best way to make decisions is to use data to justify some course of action. We look for patterns in data, some guidance that the information we have will lead us to make the best choice for our... by Voice of the DBA
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Farewell: This is my last day of work this quarter as I start my sabbatical at 5 o'clock today. I'll be gone for the next six weeks, away from SQLServerCentral, trying to improve and grow myself while staying as unwired as I can during that time. The... by Voice of the DBA
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Open Source the MCM: It's over. There's no more MCM program or certification from Microsoft. The last MCM test was given last year and no upgrades are planned for SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014. That's a little sad, though there are quite a few of our SQL... by Voice of the DBA
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The Clustered Index is not the Primary Key: I was reading through a list of links for Database Weekly and ran across this script from Pinal Dave, looking for tables where the clustered index isn't the PK. It struck me that this is one of those facts I consider to be so simple, yet I constantly... by Voice of the DBA
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Calling Local Speakers: There's likely a call for speakers open somewhere near you. When I was early in my career, I'd see these calls at large conferences like Comdex, TechEd, even the PASS Summit, and I'd think I'd never get the chance to present, with the... by Voice of the DBA
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Rogue Software Changes: Could a group of software developers make changes that fundamentally alter the way a software system should work without management being aware? That's the question being asked of VW right now. Most people are skeptical, but I ran across a piece... by Voice of the DBA
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Failure: Tim O'Reilly has written some great pieces over the years on many aspects of technology and change. I've followed him for years and I've enjoyed many of his thoughts and views on our industry. I think he's thoughtful and truly envisions the amazing... by Voice of the DBA
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Better Training: I was talking with some data professionals recently about training and the value of college, work, or some other method of entering the technology business. I have a few thoughts about the different ways of teaching people about this business,... by Voice of the DBA
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Managers: Most of us have managers that are picked from the ranks of our technical staff. Often the most talented technical person, or most willing technical staff member, is promoted to manager, given a few hours of training on the various tools that he or she... by Voice of the DBA
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The Command Line is Back: I grew up using a command line for all of my computing. I started with a Commodore VIC-20 as a youth, moving on to Apple IIs, TRS-80s, and then OpenVMS in university classes. It wasn't until I started doing graduate work... by Voice of the DBA
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Patching Problems: I applied the Windows 8.1 update a few weeks ago and had some issues with my machine. Windows was fine, but I lost my SQL Server service. A few other users, including some of the SQLServerCentral community also had issues and sent me... by Voice of the DBA
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Under the Bus: I've had a good career in database work. I've had success, and I've had some failures, fortunately the former far outpacing the latter. In my career across many companies, the code I've written has tended to work well, or at least well enough. I've... by Voice of the DBA
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