I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022.

My first update. I spent most of January unwinding slightly and studying. So far, I think I’m doing OK.

Here are the goals:

Work

• DP-900 – Passed
• DP-300
• Demo with SQL Server – 5%
• Demo with PostgreSQL – 0%
• Demo with MySQL – 0%
• Feedback book – 68%
• Good Strategy/Bad Strategy – 0%

Personal

• Link Google Sheets to Power BI – 0%
• Create Report – 0%
• Create Dashboard – 0%
• Get people using it – 0%

Community

• Support the Colorado groups by speaking twice and helping get one event set up
  – 33%
• CO Springs event set up
• Speak at 3 other user groups outside of Colorado – 33%
• Spoke at DBA Fundamentals group
• Support SQL Saturdays – Help get 10 events run in 2022
• two scheduled, 2 more close
• Volunteer 4 days with Habitat – 0 days

Grade: B

A good first month, but I need to keep moving forward in February.