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Any stalkers out there better watch out!

I was in the car a couple of weeks ago and the Beach Boys song “All Summer Long” came on.  The first verse is “Sittin in my car outside your house” – inspiring my 11 year old son to ask “Is this a song about a stalker?”.  That got me thinking about how much things have changed over the last couple of decades.

It used to be that you learned a skill, found a job and then used those skills to work until you retired.  That’s not the case now.  According to a Department of Labor study , people born in the later baby boom years have an average of 10.8 jobs between the ages of 18-42.  That breaks down to folks putting themselves out into the job market about every 2 1/2 years.  Doing that means keeping your skills up to date and relevant.

This is especially vital in the IT world.  If this is the profession that you choose – then you’ve set yourself up for a lifetime of learning.  As DBAs, we’re fortunate in that we have so many different sources to learn from.  Blogs, forums, newsletters, Twitter, etc. provide more information than any normal person could assimilate.

And that brings us to our blog.  Our hope is that we’ll be able to provide some useful information, bad humor or some combination of the two to other DBAs.   Enjoy and we’ll see you soon

2 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

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   Jen McCown
   September 18th, 2009 at 2:09 pm #

   From one SQL couple to another, good luck with the blog and good on ya!

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   sqlservertimes2
   September 18th, 2009 at 4:46 pm #

   Thanks so much. We’re looking forward to it!