1. Tim Radney Tim@SQLskills.com
SQLskills SQL Saturday Atlanta #392 16th May Getting Involved and Getting Ahead
Tim Radney

2. Team of world-renowned SQL Server experts:
Paul S. Randal
Glenn Berry
Jonathan Kehayias
Instructor-led training: Immersion Events (US, UK, and Australia)
Online training:
Consulting: health checks, hardware, performance, upgrades
Remote DBA: system monitoring and troubleshooting
Conferences: PASS Summit, SQLintersection
Become a SQLskills Insider
Kimberly L. Tripp
Erin Stellato
Tim Radney

3. 2015 Immersion Events
Classes in Chicago, Bellevue (WA), London, Dublin, Sydney (Australia)
IE0: Immersion Event for Junior/Accidental DBA
IEPTO1/2: Immersion Events on Performance Tuning – Parts 1 and 2
IEHADR: Immersion Event on High Availability and Disaster Recovery
IEBI: Immersion Event on Business Intelligence
In-depth, instructor-led, technical training for SQL Server
Here’s our topic list for IEPTO2: Immersion Event on Performance Tuning, Part 2
For more information:
SQL Server I/O
I/O Concepts for DBAs
SANs for DBAs
SQLOS Scheduling and CPU Performance Tuning
SQLOS Memory Management and Memory Performance Tuning
Data Collection and Baselining
Wait and Latch Statistics
Query Plan Analysis
Extended Events
Performance Issue Patterns
Statement Execution, Stored Procedures, and the Plan Cache
Deadlock Analysis
Advanced Extended Events

4. Author/Instructor: Tim Radney
Microsoft ASP.NET Connections
Author/Instructor: Tim Radney
Consultant/Trainer/Speaker/Author
Principal Consultant, SQLskills.com
Blog:
Blog:
SQL Server MVP
Chapter Leader “Columbus GA SQL Users Group”
PASS Regional Mentor “South East USA”
Outstanding PASS Volunteer
Regular presenter at worldwide conferences on administration, disaster recovery and performance tuning.
Friend of Red Gate
(I also like electronics, aquaponics, farming chickens and tilapia)
Updates will be available at _06/ASP_Connections

5. with the subject line: User Group Pluralsight code to get a FREE (no catches, no credit card) 30-day trial of our 120+ hours of SQLskills content on Pluralsight
For example:
4.5 hours on waits, latches, spinlocks
7 hours on stored procedure performance tuning
Part one of a three part course on using DMVs for performance tuning

6. Overview What is PASS Paid events Online help/training Having a goal
Getting involved
Learn something new
Have a plan
Things to think about

7. What is PASS Professional Association for SQL Server Benefits of PASS
SQL Saturday –
Local Chapters –
Virtual Chapters –
24 Hours of PASS –
PASS Summit –
SQL Rally –
With the exception of PASS Summit and SQL Rally all are FREE
Online training with 24 Hours of PASS and Virtual Chapters
>>Congratulations, you are a member of PASSS<<

8. Paid Events Other paid training events
SQL Intersection -
SQL Bits –
SQL Cruise
Dev Connections
SQL Skills
Ignite

9. Online Help - Training Where do you turn to for online help?
Twitter - #sqlhelp
Forums
SQL Server Central –
Stack Exchange – dba.stackexchange.com
Stack Overflow –
Websites
MSSQL Tips
SQLskills
Pluralsight
BIDN
Free Books
Simple Talk -

10. Having a Goal Are you living your dream?
Get where you want to be in your career
Do the kind of work you love doing
Get an mentor
Become a mentor to others
Get the respect you deserve
Do you need to correct any of the above?

11. Getting Involved Start getting involved Get on Twitter and participate
#sqlhelp
#sqlsat392
#sqlpass
#sqlblog
Participate online
Q&A on SQL Server Central
Q&A on Stack Overflow
Q&A on Stack Exchange
Blog
Start your own blog and write about things that interest you
Volunteer
SQL Saturday
Local Chapters

12. Learn Something New
With all the free training, there is no excuse to not learn new skills
Power Shell
Reporting Services
Policy Based Management
Auditing
SSIS
SSAS
Benchmarking
Disaster Recovery
High Availability
Clustering
database can lead to fragmentation.
SAN/Storage
Performance Tuning
Development
Public Speaking
Best Practices
Master Data Services
Master Data Management
Data Modeling
Availability Groups
Extended Events

13. Have a Plan What do you want to be doing in 1, 2, or 5 years?
Plan the steps to get there
Track your goals
Set rewards for yourself
Get a support system to help you #sqlfamily
Promotion
Advancement at work
Projects
Certifications
Education
Define your roadmap with your boss

14. Things to Think About Be forward thinking Manage your online brand
Learn to interview well
Go on interviews to practice
Manage your online brand
Manage your online brand, if I googled you what would I find
Be mindful of how you are perceived using social media
Twitter
Facebook
Resume
Keep it up to date
Have peers review it

15. Summary
Getting involved can help move your career forward as well as help you learn more
PASS
Paid events to learn more
Online help/training
Having a goal
Getting involved
Learning something new
Having a plan
Things to think about

16. Thank you!