Our mysterious employee #2 - where did he come from? How did he get into SQL Server? What does he want to learn in his first year at work with us? The answers to those questions, and more, will reveal themselves in this webcast recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPeX4d_piiU
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed a subtle change to our site, swag, and PowerPoint templates over the last few months. Here's the evolution as seen in our company coffee mugs:
Far left, the one with the heart, is the current one, but the transition is a funny story.
Let's get this out of the way: I'm every bit as surprised as you are that I'm going to work for Brent Ozar Unlimited®. Two months ago, I would not have believed it. I saw the blog post, just as you did. And I dismissed it. I believed because it wasn't a BI job, I wasn't the…
What was the interview like for the fine folks who went through it?
Talking Points
We’re big believers that one of most important things for a consultant is their ability to interact with customers. The type of work we do relies on communicating clearly with our customers, and we wanted to make sure that our interview process reflected that.
These four things are important if you want to join us in Cabo:
1. Demonstrate curiosity about the technology you use.
Don't focus on the specific technology you think we want - follow your dreams. If you use a technology on a daily basis to get your job done, be curious about how it works. Read books and blogs. Ask questions. Debate the answers. Get involved in the places where that technology is discussed.
This video was my first introduction to Doug Lane (Blog - Twitter):
http://vimeo.com/78285701
You were helping a sysadmin understand the details of a request for a new virtual server. You whiteboarded a diagram to show how SQL Server uses memory. You got so excited when the sysadmin asked a hard question that you spilled coffee everywhere.We were tuning queries on a video conference with developers from That Software…
Our day jobs involve quickly fixing some of the toughest technical (and political) challenges that have stymied companies for months. We're under very high pressure to produce amazing results quickly, and we pride ourselves on knocking it out of the park every time. And forget the client gigs - keeping any small business running is…
If you swing by BrentOzar.com today, you'll notice that ZOMG EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT!About six months ago, we embarked on an ambitious project to redesign the entire BrentOzar.com. We quickly picked PixelSpoke, a web design firm based in Portland, and they knocked it out of the park.PixelSpoke started by surveying our clients to find out why…
Just a week ago, we asked who wanted to work with Brent Ozar Unlimited®. We talked about our benefits, our health check approach with clients, and our plans for Employee #1. The emails came in fast and furious, and we are completely floored and honored by the number of people who wanted to work with us. You people rock.
We're looking for a few good database professionals. Well, actually, right now we're just looking for one. Things are going really well here at Brent Ozar Unlimited®, and it's time to grow our family. We're hiring our first full time employee, and just like everything else we do, we figured we'd blog about it. We…
Nope, we didn't clone Brent. I am honored to say I’ve earned the Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008 certification.
Seriously honored.
