The other day, I was looking back at an excellent blog post my colleague Jamie Wallis wrote about what Product Marketing Managers do at Redgate. I really like the chart he created which explains how Product Marketing Managers work with Product Managers – what each role focuses on, and where they collaborate.
I realized that my own role as an Advocate can also be hard to understand.
Jobs change over time, and database administrator jobs are no different. In this 35 minute recorded Twitch livestream (my first ever!) I talk about threats to DBA jobs and the related opportunities.
I recently spoke at the GroupBy free online conference. It was loads of fun, and the recordings from the event are now available.
In the hour-long session below, I explore what executives mean when they describe a ‘digital transformation’, why this transformation is happening across all industries, and how understanding this gives developers and database administrators an advantage in building their careers.
Even if you hate buzzwords, the big ones signify critical cultural changes. Digital transformation is one of those buzzwords, and it’s worth understanding what it really means.
When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’ and ‘Extreme Programming’, (which I still read as “EXTREEEEEEMMMMME programmin!”). A lot has changed since then. But a lot hasn’t changed as well.
Please help us track the history of how we work with databases by taking the Redgate State of Database DevOps survey today. I believe it’s helpful to our whole community to participate in this survey, and this post explains a few reasons why.
Update: The survey is now closed, thanks folks!
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.
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.
Every now and again, someone asks if I write romance novels.
Why? Well, let’s ask Bing who Kendra Little is….
To clarify, I am not married, I have dogs instead of children, and I prefer romances about strong women who bring SQL Servers to their knees.
I also don’t think it’s possible to drink too much coffee.
Most of those pictures are of me, but a careful reader will note that the biography at the top references a domain name that, sadly, dear reader, I do not own. Someone out there named Kendra Little gets sweet royalties from her contemporary romance novels, but they don’t come to this address.
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