Taking control of your career with SQL Server
Working with SQL Server has endless possibilities both from the breadth of the product and the depth of implementations there are out there. This also leads you to the problem of what you should do your self.
Should you focus on one thing and become a specialist or spread yourself across everything. You then have the dilemma of how to gain more knowledge. I know from my time working in companies that you end up focusing on the technology and specifically the implementation of that at your company. So you can we working with SQL server for years but only touch a small part of SQL Server like replication and never touched service broker or encryption or any of the many other features, getting additional knowledge so you can take your career forward is essential.
I only specialised in SQL server 5 years ago, yeh ok it was a major part of what I did before but I also did more development as well. Since then I’ve learnt so much and still am.
But what are you going to do about your career?
Well Buck Woody is doing a training day at SQLBits on exactly this topic. http://sqlbits.com/information/Event7/Creating_a_Career_Development_Plan/TrainingDetails.aspx
Buck is an excellent speaker and has been around in the industry for quite a while and can give you multiple views on developing a career. From being the sole DBA, to working at the product team, to now being an technical specialist for SQL within MS. Its going to be a great day and one that will really make a difference for you and your career.
For only £200 (with one of the discount codes available, contact me if you haven’t got one) this is a real bargain.
Places are limited so register quick http://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=879908
A bit about Buck
Buck (blog | twitter) is a SQL Server Senior Technical Specialist for Microsoft, working with enterprise-level clients to develop data platform architecture solutions within their organizations. He has over twenty years professional and practical experience in computer technology in general and database design and implementation in specific. He is a popular speaker at TechEd, PASS and many other conferences; the author of over 400 articles and five books on SQL Server; and he teaches a Database Design course at the University of Washington.
For more on buck and what he’s done in the past look at his resume http://buckwoody.com/BResume.html