A good DBA is hard to find. This is because a good DBA wears many hats, often equating to 3 – 4 full time jobs. How can this be achieved or sustained? The secret is automation, and automation is also the reason the DBA is disappearing. In this final episode of our three-part series exploring the disappearing DBA, Head Geeks Thomas LaRock and Kevin Kline along with GitHub Star and Dual Microsoft MVP Chrissy LeMaire offer advice to data professionals looking to advance their careers by embracing automation.
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- The Disappearing DBA: Nobody Goes to School to Become a Data Janitor | SolarWinds TechPod 45
- The Disappearing DBA: Career Advice From A Data Janitor | SolarWinds TechPod 49
- The SolarWinds Query Report 2021: Database Priorities and Pitfalls
- SolarWinds Database Monitoring Solutions
- There’s More Than One Way to Monitor Database Performance – SolarWinds Lab
- Meet the New DBA, Different From the Old



