Introduction
This post is the fifty-fourth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page.
This post is about you.
Me?
Yep, you. Two questions:
- What is your job title? (<βNot a trick question)
- What business are you in? (<βTrick question)
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1: SQL Server DBA, Back Office Systems.
2: Keeping my client happy. π
1. BI Developer
2. Monkey business π
1. SQL Server DBA.
2. I solve puzzles. (I’m not kidding. This is what I tell prospective employers.)
-D.
1. BI Architect
2. Getting whatever needs to be done, done, to the best of my abilities given the resources I have, am given, and can aquire. Do this for my employer, my career, my family and myself; not necessarily in that order and the order always changing.
1) Technical Consultant
2) Solving People’s Problems
1. DB Developer
2. Officially – Church Management Software (though likely to branch out quite a bit in the not too distant future in quite a few ways)
Less officially, but more accurately – satisfying the customers and serving people
1: Sr SQL Server DBA
2: Customer Service
1. "It depends."
2. "It depends."
1. Principal Consultant
2) I help people solve business problems using technology solutions. (short answer is the first three words).
1. Database consultant
2. Customer satisfaction
1. Varies
2. Making SQL entertaining (and making some money too π
1. Database Administrator Staff
2. Helping the hospital system run efficiently
1. Manager, IT
2. SELECT WhatEver.Project, WhenEver.DueDate, WhenEver.Priority
FROM WhatEver
INNER JOIN WhenEver ON WhatEver.BossWants = WhenEver.BossNeeds
WHERE WhenEver.DueDate BETWEEN NOW() AND THEN()
Primary
1.) Husband/Dad
2.) Providing for my wife and children
Secondary
1.) Principal Consultant
2.) Everyone is in sales right? π
1) DBA
2) Tech/sales/marketing/etc My customers are the users!
1. DBA, DB Dev,
2. Logistics, shipping company
DBA
Telepathy, psychokinesis, cursing, prestidigitation, frequent wizardry and an occasional sideline in necromancy. General mastery of black arts.
1) Development Coordinator/Babysitter/DBA/Query Writer/Installer/Tech Support/Salesman/Whatever else my boss tells me I am.
2) Yes.
1) BI Lead
2) Money Making
1) Senior Web Developer/Team Lead
2) Shepherd
1) Database Engineer
2) Being the "Little Dutch Boy" for my managers
1) BI Developer
2) Servant !
1) Database admin.
2) Cleint service.