{"id":3338,"date":"2011-06-17T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/5-ways-the-exceptional-dba-award-could-boost-your-career\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:50:28","slug":"5-ways-the-exceptional-dba-award-could-boost-your-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/5-ways-the-exceptional-dba-award-could-boost-your-career\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways the Exceptional DBA Award could boost your career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winning the Exceptional DBA Award<\/a> won’t just get you full conference registration for the PASS Summit – it could also change your life and career. With a little help from our past winners, here are the top 5 ways the Exceptional DBA Award could take your career to the next level:<\/p>\n

<\/b>1. Recognition from your peers <\/b><\/p>\n

As 2009 winner Josef Richberg says, “Being recognized by your peers is the highest honor one can receive.” Whether you enter yourself, or are nominated by a friend or colleague, the fact that the winner is selected by the SQL Server community is a great chance for your peers to recognize your achievements as a DBA.<\/p>\n

<\/b>2. Boost your CV <\/b><\/p>\n

Winning the Exceptional DBA Award not only shows that you excel as a DBA, but that SQL Server experts think so too – a huge vote of confidence for any prospective employer. 2008 winner Dan McClain agrees, “It brings another level of ‘wow’ to my resume”.<\/p>\n

<\/b>3. Networking opportunities within the community<\/b><\/p>\n

Whether you want to increase your experience as a writer, speaker or blogger, winning the Exceptional DBA Award can open up new opportunities within the SQL Server community. Plus you’ll make new friends along the way, as Josef has discovered: “It is an unbelievable community that has become an extended family.” <\/p>\n

<\/b>4. Award ceremony at the world’s largest technical SQL Server conference<\/b><\/p>\n

The Exceptional DBA Award is presented at the PASS Summit, giving you great networking opportunities and a chance to be seen by people throughout the SQL Server community. <\/p>\n

<\/b>5. Increased personal confidence <\/b><\/p>\n

Finally, the Exceptional DBA Award should give a huge boost to your personal confidence. Last year’s winner, Tracy Hamlin has certainly found this: “The recognition has given me new confidence and the drive to accomplish even loftier goals.”<\/p>\n

Read the full interview<\/a> with our past winners to find out how why they’re encouraging you to enter this year’s Exceptional DBA Awards. <\/p>\n

Already inspired? Then why not get started on your entry straightaway: www.exceptionaldba.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winning the Exceptional DBA Award won’t just get you full conference registration for the PASS Summit – it could also change your life and career. With a little help from our past winners, here are the top 5 ways the Exceptional DBA Award could take your career to the next level: 1. Recognition from your……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164885,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42051,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions\/42051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}