Survival rules of Database Administrators (III)

Focus on results

Another absolutely important capability is the execution capability. The plan is great, just empty talk. Ultimately, you need something to prove your efforts.

The best way is to know important information about your customers, such as who they are and what they want to do? As a professional Database Operations consultant, you have the responsibility to provide suggestions to your customers based on your knowledge and experience.

But don't forget that your boss or colleagues, team leaders, and end customers who work are making decisions. Sometimes, these decisions are not recommended by you. You need to think carefully about the reasons, but do not let any analysis paralyze you, or let yourself fall into the tangjike-style blind motion. The 80-20 law works here: 80% of the results can be achieved through 20% of the efforts, excess value beyond this category is often not worth the cost.

　　Strategic Thinking

This is a world where competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Today's database professionals must prove every day that they can increase their tactical and strategic value. They must attend any meeting they organize, become a popular person. Over the past 10 years, enterprises have begun to realize the strategic importance of databases. Enterprises believe that databases are not only a pool of accounts, but a department that can bring value to enterprises.

Most database departments work passively, and they wait for their own business customers. The high-performance and highly successful database department is positive. They work with their business customers in a consulting manner while fulfilling the company's overall goal.

　　Impact and persuasion

In the 1950s S, the imperative and military organization management model has already enabled a more parallel organization management model. Direct management and impact management are complementary. We no longer want to give commands to others to do things. We will solve the problem through persuasion, negotiation, and communication. This is a good opportunity for you to train your communication skills. With the ability to communicate, other problems can be solved, such as strategic thinking and performance linkages. Database professionals that can influence others always represent efficient, competent, and respected people. Do not mistakenly think that this is only the ability of managers. Influence and persuasion are important skills to promote collaboration in the work environment.

　　Adaptability

A technical professional means that you have the expertise in a special development environment or the ability to develop and support a network. But now, don't think you can still rely on these things for a better life, like other experts who provide a certain type of database services, you are an ordinary employee with no advantages. You should be a real multi-user database and need to constantly expand your skills. In this way, you will be able to show your excellence among many technical staff.

Some abilities, such as technical skills and knowledge, are relatively easy to master. However, knowledge similar to business knowledge requires you to spend more time to master. Personal and team management, leadership, and the ability to work with colleagues and users. These abilities require you to adjust your personal attitude and personality.

If you choose to work in the database industry, you also choose to make yourself an adaptation to changes. Our major changes are fast and profound, and we must take these changes seriously. Whether you like it or not, you must adapt to business changes as soon as possible. Competition pressure, new entry, management change, strategic adjustment, product development, and any of these factors will lead to changes. Currently, almost no industry is affected by database technology. As a trusted professional, we must adapt our enterprises to this change.