High DevOps performers report greater workplace satisfaction than their peers. But implementing DevOps isn’t a matter of being great at writing code: to become a high DevOps performer, you need the powerful catalyst of executive support.
Last week, I presented on the topic of TSQL User Defined Functions (UDFs) in SQL Server at the PASS Summit.
Good morning from Seattle, at the Summit for the Professional Association of SQL Server.
I’m lucky enough to be sitting at the blogger table this morning, watching the keynote of announcements.
I’m excited to have a session accepted to GroupBy, a free online conference targeting the Microsoft data platform community. The conference is sponsored by Brent Ozar Unlimited, and sessions are chosen by community votes.
My session will be given on Fri, Dec 21, along with five other terrific looking sessions. You should register for GroupBy here.
What if you could assess the performance level of your team by asking one simple question? In his recent webinar with Redgate, Gene Kim (@realgenekim) suggests that you can.
I was lucky to get an opportunity to present a session to some college students at Seminole State College in Florida last week.
I was in town for SQL Saturday Orlando– a fantastic event on its own. The organizers run a simultaneous seminar for students at the college studying software development and IT topics, and it’s an opportunity where they can hear from professionals in IT professions. I gave a session on interviewing best practices.
In this 20 minute session, I define scrum, continuous deployment, test driven development, DevOps, and related concepts.
I close with a quick discussion of why Database Administrators and Developers should care about DevOps.
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