being buck woody - pass summit 2014 edition

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MARK BROADBENT BUCK WOODYTHE AUDIENCE

Being Buck WoodyMark Broadbent

SQLCloud

Buck Woody

Microsoft

Agenda

Today we will cover the following key topics:

• Wheel in the Sky

• Using SQL Community to further your professional career

• Being planful for your career

About - Me

Mark Broadbent.Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server

“30 billion times more intelligent than a live mattress”PASS UK Regional Mentor (end of second term)

Email: mark.broadbent@sqlcambs.org.ukTwitter: retracement

Blog: http://tenbulls.co.uk

Event Lead to the UK’s first ever SQLSaturday (Cambridge)

Event #3 due on Sept 2015 (pre-con/s) and (Community day)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sqlsaturdaycambridge/

Cambridgeshire PASS Chapter UG Leader http://sqlcambs.org.uk

Oracle Virtual Chapter Lead http://oracle.sqlpass.org/

The “Promotion” incident

“You will never say no to me again.” – Dennis

The Cluster

incidentSAN Migration

(Insert funny picture of Buck)

Come to my session!

The

IncidentTelephone

The Last Hope

I find your lack of faithin SQLRally disturbing!

My presentation was called…

Wow. That was intense.

Plot your future career moves

• Your Career is Your Fault

• You really have only one job

Become your own Boss – Even in your current company

Attempt to research topics and put presentation materials

together

Try doing the same for a whole day session

Could you explain the subject to a live audience?

“It is not what you know but who you know!” (Not True)

Think like a Speaker… even when you are not

Two equal candidates, one with certification and one

without – who would you choose?

Take for the right reasons (for you to learn)

Brain Dumps are not evil…

Just because a certification is no longer available doesn’t

mean that you cannot study for it (MCM).

Learning and Certification

Obtain as much free material as possible -see the Ultimate

Training Resources Page http://bit.ly/1mem44d

Take advantage of special offers and supersaver deals when

you can - Apress and PackT “deal of the day”, SitePoint/

Learnable subscription

Try and get hold of high quality training video – PASS DVD

Sets, PuralSight, Brent Ozar Unlimited

Try to make online content *cough* offline

Build your IT Library

Virtualization will allow you to pretty much set up any

environment

Hypervisor use Hyper-V Server or VirtualBox on Linux

Software – MS Evaluation Editions (get while available)

SAN – MS iSCSI Target/ FreeNAS

Search for Buck Woody Simple Talk

Build your own low cost Lab

Online:

• 24 Hours of PASS

• Virtual Chapters

On Premise:

• Usergroups, SQLSaturdays, Summit, SQLRally, BAConf

• SharePoint Saturdays, Developer Developer Developer,

Meetups.com

Participate in free events

Ask yourself why are you here, what do you want to achieve?

Fill your schedule (and don’t forget the evenings too)

Read ahead of the sessions you have picked

Attend sessions that either:

• Meet your objectives

• Meet your companies objectives

• Are something completely different to give your brain a rest

While at the Summit

A conference is not a holiday!A conference is not a holiday!A conference is not a holiday!

Record minimal detail:

• Before session starts write down Session Code, Speaker,

the time speaker started the about slide

• Times of important points – if necessary the point itself

(use these later)

Don’t worry about spelling!

Try not to get immersed

Use the recordings to revisit

How to take notes

Using SQL Communityto further your professional career

Blogging

Twitter/ #sqlhelp

Participate in Forums

• MSDN

• Stackoverflow, Serverfault

Help improve the product - connect.microsoft.com

Have an online presence

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Yammer

Use Social Media

Meet real peopleMeet real peopleMeet real people

Diigo

Evernote/ One Note/ Google Docs/

Dropbox/ Live Drive/ Google Drive

What do you use?

Use productivity tools

Start small, gain confidence, improve session

Do not over submit sessions

Keep your profile up to date

Proof read and incrementally improve your sessions

Great networking opportunities and Kudos

Evaluate your return

Become a speaker

User Group – connect to local community

SQLSaturday – connect to global community

Virtual Chapter

Unbadged Event/ Meetups

Run your own event

People like Derek and companies like ACME Corp will never

change –but you can!

Make sure you use all the Community resources at your

disposal

Expand your knowledge, get connected and get involved!

In summary

Explore Everything PASS Has to Offer

Free SQL Server and BI Web Events Free 1-day Training Events Regional Event

Local User Groups Around

the World

Free Online Technical Training

This is Community Business Analytics Training

Session Recordings PASS Newsletter

Session Evaluations

ways to access

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program guide

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Your feedback is important and valuable.

Evaluation Deadline:

11:59 PM EST, Sunday Nov. 16

Thank you for coming!

Mark Broadbent

SQLCloud

Buck Woody

Microsoft