I’m going to attend the Denver Dev Days 2023 in June. I submitted a few sessions and got two picked. I’ll be doing these talks:
These are both sessions I enjoy.
If you’re in the Denver area, this is a fun developer learning event at the Microsoft office in the Tech Center. You can get more information here: Denver Dev Days 2023. Hope to see you there.
I delivered a presentation for the Houston SQL Server User Group tonight, virtually from Colorado. I’d love to go down, but couldn’t do it today.
The slides for the talk are here: BrandingDreamJob.pptx
I had fun and thanks to the Houston group and Paresh for having me.
A few interesting questions:
There is no right or wrong answer here. For me, I want to tie together my efforts, so if I help people on Twitter, I want to link my resume/profile to my Twitter account. It’s why I keep way0utwest and try to get that on new platforms. My profile says “Steve Jones”.
You can do what you want.
A great comment here from Paresh. I think this is a good way to get started and maybe sketch out a post. I would recommend this, though I think this needs to grow and improve.
However.
You don’t know if ChatGPT synthesized sentences and paragraphs from other information, which is what we all do. You also don’t know if it copied paragraphs verbatim from somewhere.
My advice if you use this is plan on editing the result and making it your own.
I’ve networked and built friendships online for years. In the SQL Server Central forums and similar places. Sometimes real time chat, sometimes asynchronous posts. However it works.
If you can get to know people with messaging or posts on a platform, that’s great. If you come to a virtual group meeting, or even a company meeting, early, you can spend a few minutes in chat or live chatting with them. Ask a question, share something, solicit an opinion, or comment on something.
In busy chats, or even aloud, you might @ someone or address them. In chat, @Steve, that was an interesting comment. Aloud, “Steve, have you ever used automatic seeing in an AG?”
I have never been to the South Florida SQL Saturday. There have been a bunch of events, but for some reason I’ve never been to one. I was excited when I saw this event planned and the date worked out.
I found out that I was picked and I accepted. Now I need to plan a trip and get organized.
I’ll be talking about Database DevOps, so if you can get to the Miami area in early June, I’ll see you there.
I’m heading to Austin today for Redgate’s internal Level Up conference. This is designed to help employees improve their skills in some way. The original ones focused on technology skills, but they have grown to include other business skills. A nice writeup from 2019 is here.
This has traditionally been in Cambridge, UK, but last year we had an event in Austin. I couldn’t attend because of other commitments, and have actually never been to Level Up. Fortunately for me, there are actually a few events this year:
This year, I’ll get to attend the first two, though not likely the third. I’d like to hit the technical talks, but I also have a lot of other trips and travel, so I have to pick and choose.
I’m not speaking here. I speak a lot, and this is a chance for others to share their knowledge. I have offered to mentor and support others, and I ran a presentations tips and tricks session recently. Actually, I may do that in a few other places and record it.
Having an internal conference isn’t cheap or easy, but it is a neat way to build bonds in the company and tailor training to what you need. I’ve been asked to speak at a few other companies’ conferences, and I’ve always enjoyed it.
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