{"id":686,"date":"2009-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/how-to-become-an-exceptional-dba-2nd-edition\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:40:27","slug":"how-to-become-an-exceptional-dba-2nd-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/resources\/books\/simple-talk-published-books\/how-to-become-an-exceptional-dba-2nd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“<\/i>This book is my attempt to provide a “career guide” for DBAs. It is intended both to help prospective DBAs find a “way in” to the profession, and to advise existing DBAs on how they can excel at their jobs, and so become Exceptional DBAs.”<\/em> <\/p>\n

Brad McGehee, Author.<\/p>\n

Download the eBook<\/a><\/strong>
Buy the printed book<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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  • Chapter 01<\/strong>: Why Should I Become an Exceptional DBA? <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 02<\/strong>: Characteristics of the Exceptional DBA <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 03<\/strong>: Specialize (You can’t do it all) <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 04<\/strong>: Hone Your Skill Set <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 05<\/strong>: Is Professional Certification Necessary? <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 06<\/strong>: Participate in the SQL Server Community <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 07<\/strong>: Manage Your Career, Don’t Let It Manage You <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 08<\/strong>: Manage Your Brand Withing Your Organization <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 09<\/strong>: Manage Your Online Brand <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 10<\/strong>: Get an Exceptional DBA Job <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 11<\/strong>: The Exceptional DBAs Code of Conduct <\/li>\n
  • Chapter 12<\/strong>: Best Practices for Becomming an Exceptional DBA <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Why read this book?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    This book is not about the technical aspects of being an Exceptional DBA. There are already many good resources available on this topic. This book is a career guide that will show you, step-by-step, specifically what you can do to differentiate yourself from the crowd, so that you can be an Exceptional DBA. While I focus on how to become an Exceptional SQL Server DBA, the advice in this book applies to any DBA, no matter what database software they use.<\/p>\n

    Once you finish this book, you will have the background you need so that you too can become an Exceptional DBA. If you are considering becoming a DBA, or are a DBA and want to be more than an average DBA, this is the book to get you started.<\/p>\n

    Book Details<\/h2>\n
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    • Paperback: 184 pages <\/li>\n
    • Publisher: Red Gate Books <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A 2nd edition of Brad McGehee's popular “career guide” for DBAs, designed to help new and prospective DBAs find their feet in the profession, and to advise those more-experienced on how they can excel at their jobs, and so become Exceptional DBAs……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221835,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159158],"tags":[4363,5045,5024,4239,5013],"coauthors":[11302],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-simple-talk-published-books","tag-books","tag-brad-mcgehee","tag-exceptional-dba","tag-free-ebook","tag-sql-books"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","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\/221835"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103782,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions\/103782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}