The Voice of the DBA The Conference Benefit

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Nov 16, 2009 The Conference Benefit

The PASS Summit (or any conference like SQL Connections, TechEd, etc.) gives you the opportunity for learning, but I'd hope that it would do more and really inspire you to try something new in your job. And if you get excited, you might inspire the others you work with to try something new as well.

That was my big argument for going to a conference when I was employed as a DBA. I'd tell my boss that a conference is a chance for me to learn something new from all the amazing speakers that attend. Many of the well known MVPs, like Kimberly Tripp, Brian Knight, and Andrew Kelley, teach me something every time I hear them speak. Many of the other speakers that do interesting work, like Michelle Ufford of Go Daddy, help me learn how to better build my environment based on the experiences they present from their jobs.

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