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The Social DBA

Resources for Career Building. The Social DBA. Purpose. Why be a Social DBA? How do I “join the conversation?” Classic Information Retrieval Social Networking Tools Face-to-face Opportunities Building a brand. Why Me?. Data Architect working in the field of financial information security

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The Social DBA

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  1. Resources for Career Building The Social DBA

  2. Purpose • Why be a Social DBA? • How do I “join the conversation?” • Classic Information Retrieval • Social Networking Tools • Face-to-face Opportunities • Building a brand

  3. Why Me? • Data Architect working in the field of financial information security • Prior experience as DBA and a reporting / database developer • Chapter leader of AtlantaMDF

  4. How to be a Social DBA Why Be a Social DBA?

  5. What is a Social DBA? • Brad McGehee (Red Gate) ebook • “Exceptional DBA” • Embraces Change • Enjoys Learning • Some coverage of Community Participation • Social Networking Sites • Professional Networking • Forums

  6. What is a Social DBA? • A Social DBA is the database professional who learns through socialization. • Constructivism • Learner-centric methodology • Constructs knowledge • Experimentation • Willing to take risks • Shares both successes and failures • Correlation to the Exceptional DBA • Overlaps, but not exactly

  7. YOUR SKILLS ARE NOT BASED SOLELY ON THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO ON YOUR ABILITY TO FIND NEW INFORMATION.

  8. Why be a Social DBA?

  9. How to be a Social DBA Classic Information

  10. Information (Search) • Books Online (duh!) • SQLServerPedia • http://www.sqlserverpedia.com • A common wiki for SQL Server • New, still accumulating information • SQLServerCentral • http://www.sqlservercentral.com • Well-established • Mix of articles and forums

  11. Information (Browse) • Google Reader • http://reader.google.com • Search for “SQL Server” • Brent Ozar • SQLServerPedia’s blog syndicator

  12. Information (Ask a question) • USENET (Google Groups) • microsoft.public.sqlserver… • One of the longest running sources • Heavily visited by giants of the industry • Can be political (i.e, wars based on rhetoric) • MSDN forums • http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums • Better UI than Usenet • Filter, answer ranking, etc.

  13. Information (Ask a question) • StackOverflow (and related sites) • http://www.stackoverflow.com • Very rich UI • Ranking system, experience points to posters • Wiki-style • Leads to interesting Q & A

  14. How to be a Social DBA Social Networking

  15. Twitter • Instant Messenger on steroids • Follow “friends” who follow other “friends” • Party line metaphor • Join in the middle of several conversations • May not see where conversation began • Excellent Information Resource • Instant Answer • Tracking of trending topics

  16. Twitter

  17. Twitter • Several client applications • Web: http://www.twitter.com • Smartphone apps: All flavors • Windows Mobile • iPhone • Blackberry • Symbian • Desktop Clients: Windows, Mac, Linux

  18. Twitter • Twitter is NOT • A storage mechanism for answering questions • A “professional” work environment • NSFW content • Virus/SPAM • The best tool for conversation • 140 characters • Inherently public • Lots of noise

  19. Facebook • Very popular Social Networking site • You “friend” people • See their networks, not their walls • Friends see (and edit) each other’s walls • Very rich application • Pictures • Videos • Games, etc

  20. Facebook • Professional concerns with Facebook • No distinction between “friends’ • Friends from high school • Friends from college • Business Associates • Professional Contacts

  21. Facebook • Professional concerns with Facebook • No distinction between “friends’ • Friends from high school • Friends from college • Business Associates • Professional Contacts • Social Timesuck • Application & Ad-centric • FB wants you to spend time on FB

  22. LinkedIn • Professional Social Networking • Designed around career • Social Groups (forums, QA) • Connections (friend of a friend)

  23. “Meatspace” • SQLSaturday (yay!) • Professional Association for SQL Server • National Summit (November) • Chapter meetings AtlantaMDF 2nd Monday 6:30-9:00 http://atlantamdf.com • Other disciplines • CodeCamps, GGMUG, Atlanta MSPros

  24. Blending • Twitter BINGO! • Experiment at PASS Summit 2009 • Tweeters volunteer to be prey • Games seek out tweeters and get code words • Guerrilla networking

  25. How to be a Social DBA ESTABLISHING IDENTITY

  26. Blogging • Decide WHY you’re blogging. • Extra Cash? (use established site) • Name Recognition (use established site) • Career Success (slow and steady) • What’s in a name? • Domain Name • Your Identity Inspired by Brent Ozar (http://brentozar.com)

  27. Blogging • Be Yourself • Blog Once a Week • Make a Commitment • Weekly Updates are good filler • Post your Blog Entries on Weekdays • Weekend posts, people don’t read • Monday morning purge Inspired by Brent Ozar (http://brentozar.com)

  28. Blogging • What platform? • Domain provider will provide options • Software you can customize • Wordpress • Themes • Plugins (more later) • Tweakable AND Set & Forget Inspired by Brent Ozar (http://brentozar.com)

  29. Blogging Tools • Windows Live Writer • Free • Allows you to post to multiple blogs • Word-processor style • Code Prettifiers • Simple-Talk SQL Prettifier • http://extras.sqlservercentral.com/prettifier • Instant SQL Fortifier • http://www.dpriver.com/pp/sqlformat.htm

  30. Blogging Tools • Google Feedburner • http://feedburner.google.com • Formats your blog feed for RSS/Atom readers • Provides basic analytics • Google Analytics • http://www.google.com/analytics • In-depth analysis of visitors

  31. Meta-Social Tools • Ping.FM • Events on one service notify other services • Blog announcements • Twitter • LinkedIn • FriendFeed • Similar service, more interactive • Allows users to post back

  32. Questions? Stuart R Ainsworth stuart@codegumbo.com http://www.codegumbo.com http://www.twitter.com/stuarta http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartainsworth

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