How to Attend a Conference
I’m lucky enough to attend a lot of conferences – in Chicago, Vegas, Charlotte, Amsterdam, and Stockholm over the next six weeks – and I’ve put together two systems that…
What Kind of Consulting Company Would You Build?
Companies are like Dungeons and Dragons characters. While it’d be awesome roll perfect 18s for all of your attributes, but the reality is that you’re not going to be strong…
Training Products are the New Blogs
In the old days, when you wanted to learn about photography or you bought a new gadget, you went to the bookstore – in person – and you bought a…
Why I Take Vacations
I’m not going to name names here because that’s not what this is about, but life is short in my family. One of my relatives was in his 30s when…
The #SQLMCM is Dead, but the Experiments Go On
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. They’re the five stages of grief. I went through all of them over this long holiday weekend. Saturday morning, I woke up to an email announcing…
Stop Ignoring These Signs That Your Job Sucks
I work with a lot of developers, sysadmins, DBAs, and IT managers. I’m a consultant, so companies don’t bring me in when times are good. They bring me in when…
Ernie’s Morning Routine
Step 1 – stand at the patio door. Step 2: when someone comes to open it for you, head out. Step 3: bask for about five minutes, until you can’t…
The Blogger Isn’t The Devil
This morning, Ted Kreuger wrote a post called Microsoft Isn’t the Devil. He writes: “What does kill me is the people that insist on the public bashing of a product,…
Charging People to Find Free Stuff? Are You Crazy?
Last week I launched a video course called The Best Free SQL Server Downloads. It costs $29, and I gave out coupon codes to drop it to $19 for the…
How to Negotiate Your Consulting Rates
It’s really hard to find good DBAs these days, so some of my friends have started doing part-time consulting after hours and on weekends. They often ask me how to…
Hi, I’m Brent Ozar. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m on an epic life quest to have fun and make a difference.
Some of my projects include Brent Ozar Unlimited, PollGab, and Smart Postgres.
I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. You can follow me on Instagram, Bsky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Github, and Reddit.