What It Means to Be A SQL Server Professional
What does it mean to be a Professional? What is a Professional’s responsibility to the community? Continued knowledge and mentoring are integral.
Blog Posts
I am the Dumbest Guy in The Room
Last night was the Friends of Red Gate dinner at the PASS Summit. This was held at Ruth’s Chris Steak House and can be best-described in a simple two word phrase: Porntastic Meatfest. I was personally invited to the Red Gate function as a benefit to being a member of the Friends of Red Gate. Friends of Red Gate are provided full licenses to all Red Gate products. They are influential members of the SQL Server community: Chapter Leaders, Authors, Bloggers, PASS leadership, MVPs, or they are named Tim Ford and must live in mitten-shaped states that start with “M”.
Volunteerism and PASS
Most of you out there in the SQL community are aware that this week in the annual U.S. PASS Summit This year brings us back to Seattle and so far weather has cooperated. However, weather has little bearing when we are at a technical summit such as PASS. PASS is not just a technical summit – it is a user community that happens to present a technical summit, both in the U.S. and in Europe. That is what differentiates us from the SQLConnections, TechEds, and DevTeaches of the world. It also means that PASS relies heavily on its reserve of volunteers …