November 2012 - Posts

• An MCM exam, Rob? Really?

  I took the SQL 2008 MCM Knowledge exam while in Seattle for the PASS Summit ten days ago. I wasn’t planning to do it, but I got persuaded to try. I was meaning to write this post to explain myself before the result came out, but it seems I didn’t get Read More... Posted Monday, November 19, 2012 11:28 AM by Rob Farley | 3 Comments Filed under: professional development, sql

• SQL Community – stronger than ever

  I posted a few hours ago about a reflection of the Summit , but I wanted to write another one for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Chris Yates . In January of this year, Adam Jorgensen and I joked around in a video that was used for the SQL Server Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:43 PM by Rob Farley | 0 Comments Filed under: community, sqlpass, t-sql tuesday

• Summit reflections

  So far, my three PASS Summit experiences have been notably different to each other. My first, I wasn’t on the board and I gave two regular sessions and a Lightning Talk in which I told jokes . My second, I was a board advisor, and I delivered a precon, Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:05 PM by Rob Farley | 3 Comments Filed under: community, professional development, sqlpass