Midnight DBA

Part 4 of Plagiarism.

I'm excited to be able to film this one because it has the potential to save you so much time and effort. I'm showing you how to manage your DB files with powershell so you can change autogrowth, or whatever property you like. This is an extremely effective way to ensure that the DB files on all your servers are setup the way you want.

This is a nice film with a few good laughs and we also get in our first on-film fight. However, come with us to discuss religion at work and how you should handle someone who insists on trying to discuss it.

Part 2 of No Religion at Work.

Part 3 of No Religion at Work.

Part 4 of No Religion at Work.

This is another fun one for us. Frankly, I really had a good time doing this one. We start with a quick recap of our week (MVP summit, vacation, Jen's new job). The main topic in part 1 is sharking someone's stuff. We cover the best ways to scope out the soon-to-be-available stuff. And there are some things that it's NEVER okay to do.

Part 2 of Stuff Auction. Things to focus on at a new job. Jen's answer, Sean's answer...

Part 3 of Stuff Auction. Priorities and important questions on the first day of your job, a quick recap, we wander for a bit after 15:00, and then Sean actually [redacted] [redacted] Denali [redacted] Dan Jones.

This is another one that I just love. We ramble on a bit I think, but overall I think we give some good info on a topic that's often times overlooked. In part 1: Worst secret handshake EVAR; When Good IPs go Bad: Sean rants; Another rant.

In part 2: <UL><LI>Forms, puns, my new job... <LI>5:30 We get on How To Break Up With Your Boss <LI>Feeling bad for your boss, the company, the project: Feelings fade quickly! <LI>13:20 So how do you break up, then? </UL>

In part 3: <UL> <LI>Why I got nervous the day I quit. <LI>I mention The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker <LI>Sean tells a big secret about his past <LI>We learn THE wording to use when leaving a job. <LI>We discuss various responses to "Why are you leaving?" <LI>Sean's Blue Cross story </UL>

In part 4: <UL> <LI>Conclusion of Blue Cross story. <LI>Exit interviews. <LI>Celebrity status. <LI>Different ways of leaving a job - the nice breakup, and THE BAD ONE (Jen's story). <LI>Things you can do to mitigate a bad breakup <LI>Sean's Arcserve story</UL>

Here's a level zero introduction to tuning queries. I go over execution plans, sp_help, and clustered primary key indexes.

This is a fun vid. Here we talk about resumes. How long should they be? What should you put in them? Should you have it professionally done? We also give away a webcam in this series. In all, I think this is the best one we've done in a while.