Enjoy reading interviews with more than two dozen data professionals to see a picture of what
it's like to work in the industry managing and analyzing data helping you to know what it
takes to move from your current expertise into one of the fastest growing areas of technology
today. Data is the hottest word of the century and data professionals are in high demand. You
may already be a data professional such as a database administrator or business intelligence
analyst. Or you may be one of the many people who want to work as a data professional and are
curious how to get there. Either way this collection helps you understand how data
professionals work what makes them successful and what they do to keep up. You'll find
interviews in this book with database administrators database programmers data architects
business intelligence professionals and analytics professionals. Interviewees work across
industry sectors ranging from healthcare and banking tofinance and transportation and beyond.
Each chapter illuminates a successful professional at the top of their game who shares what
helped them get to the top and what skills and attitudes combine to make them successful in
their respective fields. Interviewees in the book include: Mindy Curnutt Julie Smith Kenneth
Fisher Andy Leonard Jes Borland Kevin Feasel Ginger Grant Vicky Harp Kendra Little Jason
Brimhall Tim Costello Andy Mallon Steph Locke Jonathan Stewart Joseph Sack John Q. Martin
John Morehouse Kathi Kellenberger Argenis Fernandez Kirsten Benzel Tracy Boggiano Dave
Walden Matt Gordon Jimmy May Drew Furgiuele Marlon Ribunal and Joseph Fleming. All of them
have been successful in their careers and share their perspectives on working and succeeding
in the field as data and database professionals. What You'll Learn Stand out as an outstanding
professional in your area of data work by developing the right set of skills and attitudes that
lead to success Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls and recover from operational failures and
bad technology decisions Understand current trends and best practices and stay out in front as
the field evolves Break into working with data through database administration business
intelligence or any of the other career paths represented in this book Manage stress and
develop a healthy work-life balance no matter which career path you decide upon Choose a
suitable path for yourself from among the different career paths in working with data Who This
Book Is For Database administrators and developers database and business intelligence
architects consultants and analytic professionals as well as those intent on moving into one
of those career paths. Aspiring data professionals and those in related technical fields who
want to make a move toward managing or analyzing data on a full-time basis will find the book
useful. Existing data professionals who want to be outstanding and successful at what they do
will also appreciate the book's advice and guidance.
