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Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? December 2021 Edition

Last Updated March 12, 2022

Is your company hiring for a database position as of December 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full…

Are You Underpaid? Let’s Find Out: The Data Professional Salary Survey is Open.

Last Updated December 2, 2021

We’re data people, you and I. We make better decisions when we work off data instead of feelings. It’s time for our annual salary survey to find out what data professionals make. You fill out the data, we open source the whole thing, and you can analyze the data to spot trends and do a…

[Video] PASS Data Community Summit Keynote: 5 Ways the Cloud Impacts Your Career

Last Updated November 17, 2021

Professional Development, Videos

Succeeding as a data professional is all about placing the right bets at the right times. The more you know about what’s happening around you, the better bets you can place. I’ve been working with databases for over two decades. In this session, I’ll invite you into my home to have a frank, honest discussion…

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? November 2021 Edition

Last Updated March 12, 2022

Is your company hiring for a database position as of November 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full…

What Should We Change About This Year’s Data Professional Salary Survey?

Last Updated September 28, 2021

Every year, I run a Data Professional Salary Survey here. Thousands of y’all have answered – here are the past results in Excel – and it helps everybody get a better idea of how overpaid they are. (Did I word that right?) Here are the questions I’m planning to ask this year: What’s your total…

Brent Ozar

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? September 2021 Edition

Last Updated September 11, 2021

Is your company hiring for a database position as of September 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full…

Want a Better Work/Life Balance? Use Jira at Home. #TSQL2sday

Last Updated August 10, 2021

Professional Development

I’m only half-joking. Hear me out. If you’re frustrated at how much you work, and how little time you spend with your family & friends, think about how much planning and task management you’re required to do at work. You’ve probably got a ticketing system that tracks a backlog of work you need to do.…

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? August 2021 Edition

Last Updated August 14, 2021

Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full…

And it looks bad even in shades.

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? July 2021 Edition

Last Updated July 16, 2021

Is your company hiring for a database position? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full job description, or the…

Free Video: 500-Level Guide to Career Internals: Building a Brand

Last Updated June 24, 2021

Professional Development, Videos

Last week, I shared my 300-Level Guide to Career Internals post & video. We talked about how the world is changing so quickly, and how it’s a great time to adapt your career to accomplish the things in life that are important to you. One of the possible outcomes that we discussed was working for…

Free Video: 300-Level Guide to Career Internals: Planning Your Career

Last Updated June 17, 2021

Professional Development, Videos

Erika applies a mask to me at the Blue Lagoon Hi. I’m writing this from a cottage in Iceland, in the midst of a 9-month digital nomad stint. I’m teaching classes and doing client work for 1-2 weeks, then Erika and I take off and hit the road for 2-3 weeks at a time, driving…

Brent getting caffeinated

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? June 2021 Edition

Last Updated June 15, 2021

Is your company hiring for a database position? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must include the job title, and either a link to the full job description, or the…

I’m on the KasperOnBI Podcast Talking About Careers and the Future of SQL Server

Last Updated May 13, 2021

Professional Development, Videos

I sat down with Microsoft’s Kasper de Jonge this month for an hour-long conversation about how I got started speaking, careers, and the future of SQL Server: You can also listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. In the podcast, we talk about my Epic Life Quest – that’s over here. If you’ve got followup questions,…

Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? April 2021 Edition

Last Updated April 29, 2021

I’ve gotten a lot of emails from friends lately who are looking for work. It seems that as some companies go back to the office, some people are realizing they want to work remotely forever. And on the flip side, other folks are realizing they desperately want to get back into an office, but their…

How My Attitude and Branding Changed Over 20 Years

Last Updated March 30, 2021

Professional Development

This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, I’m stepping back and looking at the big picture rather than blogging about database problems & solutions like I usually do. It wouldn’t be a good navel-gazing series without a couple thousands words looking inward at myself. When I first got started writing online, I was…

My Live Streaming Setup for 2021: Iceland Edition

Last Updated February 1, 2021

Home Office, Streaming

Erika and I moved to Iceland for a while. For those of you who don’t follow my personal blog, here’s why we moved, and how we got here with a teleworker visa. You can spy on our adventures via my Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. We’re working half the time while we live here, and sightseeing the…

Which Microsoft Certification Should You Get?

Last Updated January 4, 2021

Professional Development

You work with data, and you’re thinking about getting a Microsoft certification. Which one should you get? If you need the certification to get a job… Then get the certification you see mentioned the most often in the descriptions of the job you’re looking for. This is just a little tricky because certifications shown on…

Are You Underpaid? Find Out in the Data Professional Salary Survey Results.

Last Updated January 4, 2021

We asked what you make, and 1,747 of you in 69 countries answered. Altogether, you made $171,879,034 this year. Hubba hubba, there’s some earning power in this audience. Download the Data Professional Salary Survey results (XLSX). A few things to know about it: The data is public domain. The license tab makes it clear that…

[Video] Office Hours: SQL Server Career Q&A, Part 3

Last Updated December 28, 2020

Professional Development, Videos

Here’s the last video in my vacation series with the answers to your most-upvoted professional development questions. Enjoy! I won’t be taking new questions in the comments, but I’m leaving the comments open on this post so that y’all can discuss the video together with each other. Just be mindful that your name will be publicly…

[Video] Office Hours: SQL Server Career Q&A, Part 2

Last Updated December 16, 2020

Professional Development, Videos

Last week, I posted a call for questions about SQL Server careers and professional development, and y’all asked a lot of good ones. Here’s the next video with the questions you upvoted the most, and I’ll post the last round of ’em next week. I won’t be taking new questions in the comments, but I’m leaving…