January CASSUG Monthly Meeting

Our January meeting will again be online. NOTE: you MUST RSVP to this Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Capital-Area-SQL.../events/275432320/) to view the Zoom URL! Our January guest speaker is Bob Ward! Topic: SQL Server Edge to Cloud SQL Server is everywhere you need it from the IOT Edge to your cloud to public clouds. With all of these options …

Archiving my talks, part 2: Presentation videos — #PASS

With the imminent demise of PASS, I figured I should take Steve Jones' advice and archive my presentation links. I've done a few presentations for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Group. Of those presentations, two of them were recorded to the group's YouTube channel. Because the channel lives on YouTube and not PASS, I have …

Archiving my talks, part 1: #SQLSaturday schedule PDFs — #PASS

With the imminent demise of PASS, I figured I should take Steve Jones' advice and archive my presentation links. For this round, I went through all the SQL Saturday events where I spoke and downloaded the schedules. Each SQL Saturday schedule has a link to save it to PDF (there is an "Export to PDF" …

Requiem for #PASS — #SQLFamily

Many data professionals, myself included, are shocked and saddened by the announcement that PASS will cease operation on January 15, 2021. I'm sure that a large number of data 'bloggers will be posting their thoughts regarding PASS's announcement; this is only one of many such articles, I'm sure. I know that PASS has been under …

#SQLSaturday Minnesota — the debrief #SQLSat1017 #SQLSatMN

I don't think I have to tell anyone what a crazy year 2020 has been (and I won't belabor the point). As such, many of us have had their fill of Zoom meetings and virtual conferences. I've heard a lot from people, myself included, about their dealings with pandemic fatigue and how burned out they …

What’s your (tag)line?

Let's say you're an ad exec making a commercial. You've been tasked with coming up with a great tagline (and maybe a slogan) for a product. What would it be? Or, to get to the point of this article -- I mentioned earlier about marketing yourself. What would your tagline be? For me, personally, it's …

Reminder: I’m speaking at #SQLSaturday this weekend #SQLSat1017

This is a reminder that I will be speaking at virtual SQL Saturday #1017 (Minnesota) this Saturday, December 12. A vast number of people, myself included, are looking for work. I will do my presentation titled "I lost my job! Now what?!?" this Saturday. I will discuss topics that include, among other things, dealing with …

Talking about salary #JobHunt

It's probably one of the most (if not the most) difficult and awkward subjects to broach during a job interview. And yet it will inevitably come up at some point in every hiring process. How much do you want to get paid? For me, this is always a sticky subject during the interview process. I …

Reinventing the #resume (again) #JobHunt

I had a conversation today with a recruiter -- technically, it was an interview, but the way we spoke, it was more of a conversation between an agent (her) and a client (me) -- who gave me some advice regarding my resume. I came away from the conversation with a few insights, and I'd like …

Upcoming speaking engagements (as of 12/1/2020) #SQLSaturday

I received an email this morning about an upcoming speaking engagement, so I figured it was time to update my list. I received word this morning that I will be speaking at Minnesota virtual SQL Saturday on December 12. I will be doing my job hunt presentation (which reminds me: I still need to update …