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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…

[Video] Office Hours: SQL Server Career Q&A, Part 1

Last Updated December 16, 2020

Professional Development, Videos

I posted a call for questions about SQL Server careers and professional development, and y’all asked a lot of good ones. Here were the questions you upvoted the most, and I’ll post another round of ’em next week. The audio on this isn’t up to my usual home-studio quality, of course! I won’t be taking…

Brent Ozar in Cabo

Wanna Ask Me Anything About Careers & Professional Development?

Last Updated December 17, 2020

Professional Development

I’ll be answering your questions from right here. Ever wanted to ask me questions about careers or professional development? Now’s your chance. Post your questions here (update: questions are closed)– and you may wanna use a fake name if you’re asking something that’s a little revealing about your current job or employer. Don’t have a question?…

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

Last Updated January 2, 2021

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 better job of negotiating your own salary: We pay Richie in query bucks Take the Data Professional Salary…

What It Takes To Write Two Blog Posts

Last Updated November 19, 2020

Blogging, Videos

This week, I published two blog posts: How Bad Statistics Cause Bad SQL Server Query Performance How Scalar User-Defined Functions Slow Down Queries Let’s talk about the process of writing ’em. A couple I was putting together this week’s First Responder Kit release, I realized sp_BlitzIndex didn’t have URLs for a couple of common families…

The 4 Presentations I’m Proudest Of, and What Inspired Them

Last Updated September 24, 2020

Videos, Writing and Presenting

I was thinking back about the presentations I’ve been the most proud of over the years. I’ve written and performed a *lot* of stuff over time, but here are some of the free public presentations I’m the most proud of, and the stories of how they came to be. #4: Watch Brent Tune Queries (2014)…

Brent Ozar

Upcoming Free Webcast: 500-Level Career Guide: Building Your Brand

Last Updated September 9, 2020

Professional Development

At SQLBits 2020 on Saturday, October 3 at 11:10AM Eastern, 8:10AM Pacific (calendar), I’m presenting a session called 500-Level Career Guide: Building Your Brand. Here’s the abstract: If you want to work for yourself, you need to be able to sell yourself. I know, I hate it too – it feels gross when I write…

It's never the compiler, it's always DNS.

What’s The First Thing You Tell Your Underling?

Last Updated September 2, 2020

Professional Development

You were just given permission to hire an underling, and today’s their first day reporting to you. What’s the first thing you warn them about? I asked on Twitter, and the replies were great: Don't be afraid to fail. Fail as much as you want, as long as you learn in the process and don't…