The Voice of the DBA - WMV Try To Be More Inefficient

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Apr 02, 2008 Try To Be More Inefficient

Yep, I'm not advocating the most efficient way to do things. Not in your SQL code, mind you, but in some other areas. There's more to your job than coding, and it doesn't always pay to be as efficient as possible

Meet with people.

Not meeting meet with people, in a conference room at a scheduled time, but just an ad hoc meeting. A "dynamic DBA meeting", stop by someone's office or work space and take a few minutes to talk to them. Understand what they do on a regular basis, their pain points, their likes and dislikes.

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