{"id":3340,"date":"2011-06-23T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/4-top-tips-from-the-exceptional-dba-award-judges\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:50:28","slug":"4-top-tips-from-the-exceptional-dba-award-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/4-top-tips-from-the-exceptional-dba-award-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Top Tips from the Exceptional DBA Award judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s still time to celebrate your achievements as a DBA &#8211; or those of a DBA you know &#8211; by submitting a nomination for the Exceptional DBA Awards 2011. To help you get started, here are some top tips from the judges on what they&#8217;re looking for from this year&#8217;s winner <i>[hint: it&#8217;s very likely you&#8217;re already exceptional!]<\/i>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;An Exceptional DBA must be able to communicate effectively and clearly with both technical people and the client.&#8221; <i>Steve Jones.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Exceptional DBAs are like police officers: we&#8217;re here to serve and protect. Both serving and protecting are vital parts of the job, and we can&#8217;t just focus on one.&#8221; <i>Brent Ozar<\/i><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;DBA work can be routine. Exceptional DBAs are enthusiastic about their work and are rarely bored, as there is always something new to learn and master.&#8221; <i>Brad McGehee.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Remember that cost is an important factor for your company. The ability to save your company money with a different technical solution will make you an Exceptional DBA, and can make you exceptionally well liked.&#8221; <i>Rodney Landrum.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So whether you&#8217;ve brought a team together for a project, taken steps to protect the security of your servers, or learnt a new topic to understand an element of your job better, it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;re already taking the steps that make you the Exceptional DBA the judges are looking for.<\/p>\n<p>To get more insider info from the judges, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exceptionaldba.com\/the-details\/?utm_source=simpletalk&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_content=xdba_blog20110623&amp;utm_campaign=exceptionaldba\">download your free poster<\/a> of their top tips, and then get started on your entry: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exceptionaldba.com\/?utm_source=simpletalk&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_content=xdba_blog20110623&amp;utm_campaign=exceptionaldba\">www.exceptionaldba.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s still time to celebrate your achievements as a DBA &#8211; or those of a DBA you know &#8211; by submitting a nomination for the Exceptional DBA Awards 2011. To help you get started, here are some top tips from the judges on what they&#8217;re looking for from this year&#8217;s winner [hint: it&#8217;s very likely&#8230;&hellip;<\/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-3340","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\/3340","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=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25305,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/25305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}