There is a survey from the WIT group for female speakers. If you are a woman and speak in front of groups, or used to, please fill it out.
This is part of their efforts to help encourage more females to speak and support their efforts. I like the fact that they are reaching out to others to learn how women feel about speaking.
If you know any women that speak, whether in the data community or elsewhere, please pass along the link.
You can register today for the 2023 PASS Data Community Summit. This year the event is in Seattle, Nov 14-17, and in-person only. The event was a lot of fun last year, with many great sessions and lots of networking with fellow data professionals.
I’m looking forward to this year’s event. I have submitted a session, though I am hoping for less of a load this year. Last year I had a session, hosted a panel, MC’d two lightning talk hours, was a part of two keynotes, and I’m sure I’m forgetting something. This year I hope to have a few less commitments and see more sessions and friends.
There is a lot to learn, and this is a great chance to talk with many of the SQL Server developers from Microsoft. With the event in Seattle, I expect a lot of them to attend. It’s also the chance to talk to many of the experts in the community. People like Erik Darling, Allan Hirt, Glenn Berry, and more.
This is the cheapest rate you can get now. They’ll be a few price bumps, and there might be some discount codes, but you can register for a three day conference for less now. Talk to your boss, get some funding, make a case for the ROI as well as suggestion that sending you helps retention.
I hope to see you in Seattle this November.
The grade for March is also D. Details below, but just not making a lot of progress in these areas. In fact, I find myself not motivated to work on goals very much. That’s a bit sad, but it’s also where I am in life.
So far I have for 2023:
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022.
The last month has been hectic. Both life outside of work and work have had me tackling lots of little tasks, which is distracting and reduces my energy for focused work. As a result, I haven’t been doing much on these goals.
I think I’m slightly overloaded, and worried about burnout, so I’m going to ignore goals for Q2.
Two books on the list: marketing and coaching. I haven’t picked a marketing book, but I picked Wolfpack for coaching. With one started and one not, this is an F.
Progress:
My goals:
Rating: B
I have been tracking my interactions with customers here. There haven’t been a lot, but it is interesting to stop and think about how this is going. I have chatted with my boss and gotten a little feedback.
Here are the goals I set.
Rating: D
I did complete another community (unpaid) speaking engagement. I’ve reached out to a few SQL Saturday groups and we have a few more events on the schedule, but I haven’t had a lot of energy to do this and the limited responses are discouraging.
Yes, I get discouraged.
Haven’t started a tool, didn’t hold office hours, two updates sent.
My goals:
Rating: D
I haven’t updated the Power BI report. In fact, I found a couple errors in calculations since DAX is a weakness of mine. As a result, I pulled down some pages. I also think my data model is slightly broken and needs work. No time spent on here.
It’s been cold, and when it isn’t, I’ve had other things to tackle, so no time on wood projects for me. I feel bad about this, but I also know I have too many hobbies. With my Duolingo language stuff, guitar, and then coaching, not a lot of time to spend here.
There’s a video of Bill Gates taking a drive in an autonomous car around London. I’ve been to London dozens of times, ridden and cabs and Ubers, and even driven a few times. It’s a crazy environment, and I struggle to process everything as a human. This is certainly a challenge for a car.
It’s not a Tesla. In fact, I don’t see many Tesla FSD (full self driving) videos in the UK. I know they don’t have all the updates the US gets, but I struggled to find any actually in London. A few that looked like they were close to London aborted in city driving.
In any case, this is a neat video, and if you look at all the things happening, as a driver, you can see the complexity of navigating around London. Imagine programming this.
If the video doesn’t tender, the URL is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKJCiAOmfg&w=560&h=315
This is a car from Wayve, and it is impressive. Not the car, but the driving and control are something. It’s something I’d like to experience, since I could imagine this being a very neat thing in witness. Certainly would be better than the Uber I took in Las Vegas a few years ago.
They’re hiring. Not for me, but maybe for you.
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