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Meet Doug Lane (Video)

Last Updated February 12, 2017

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

The Evolution of the Company Logo

Last Updated May 7, 2020

Brent Ozar

Company News, Consulting

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: Brent Ozar Unlimited® Caffeine Delivery Devices Far left, the one with the heart, is the current one, but the transition is a funny story. Our…

How I Became Employee #2

Last Updated July 13, 2017

Doug Lane

Company News

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…

The Road to Employee #3: The Interview

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Jeremiah Peschka

Company News

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…

How to Be Employee #3

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

Company News

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.…

Introducing Employee #2, @TheDougLane

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

Company News

This video was my first introduction to Doug Lane (Blog – Twitter): You can see the full video on SQLcruise.com, where Doug had entered a contest for a free cruise a couple of years ago. Of course he was picked as one of the winners, because I was in stitches as soon as I saw…

Missed Connection: Employer Seeking Employee

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Kendra Little

Company News, SQL Server

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…

The Brent Ozar Unlimited® 2013 Company Retreat

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

Company News

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…

Tadah! Welcome to the New BrentOzar.com

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

Company News, Consulting

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…

Meet Brent Ozar Unlimited®’s Employee #1

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar Unlimited Team

Company News

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…

Want to Work With Brent, Jeremiah, and Kendra?

Last Updated February 9, 2017

Brent Ozar Unlimited Team

Company News

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…

Brent Ozar Unlimited® Adds Another MCM

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Kendra Little

Company News, Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)

Nope, we didn’t clone Brent. I am honored to say I’ve earned the Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008 certification. Seriously honored. I feel awesome. What’s the SQL Sever MCM? “MCM” stands for “Microsoft Certified Master.” As Microsoft describes it, “the MCM program is the highest level of technical certification; it helps recognize and validate…