DBRE Consistency & Automation Checklist
Use this checklist to assess your environment, identify gaps, and make automation reliable. Start small and do one section at a time. How to Use…
Category: Career
Career Content for Database Administrators and Database Reliability Engineers
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A Beginner’s Guide to Roadmaps for DBREs and DBAs
If you work in operations, whether you are a DBA, DBRE, SRE, or somewhere in between, you already know most work is urgent. Something always…
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Knowledge Hoarding and What Changed My Perspective
Last year, while speaking at PASS about imposter syndrome, another topic that kept coming up in conversations was knowledge hoarding. At the time, I didn’t…
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The Ultimate Checklist for DBRE’s
Lately, I’ve been asked a lot about the path of a DBRE. What does the role look like? What do you need to know? How…
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Git Best Practices and Hard Lessons Learned
I want to share some Git best practices (and a few of the worst) that I’ve picked up over the years. These are things you…
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Quiet Quitting, The Graveyard Where Skills Go to Die
I kept hearing the term “quiet quitting” and at first, I didn’t know what it meant. Then I looked around and realized I was seeing it…
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From Reactive DBA to Proactive DBRE, Building Trust Through Reliability
Most DBAs start their careers in a firefighting mindset. I sure did. Systems go down, war rooms are daily, alerts blow up, and dashboards light…
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Where’s the DBA Role Headed?
Most of my energy lately has been devoted to building new skills and stepping into new challenges, including pursuing a Master’s degree in Database Administration…
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The Ultimate Checklist for Jr DBAs
As I reflect on my journey as a DBA, I realize how much the landscape has shifted over the years. With the rise of cloud…
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Why Women in Tech Should Consider Joining WIT
As a woman in tech, I’ve often found myself as the only female in most of my Computer Science classes in college, so it is…