{"id":4692,"date":"2012-11-02T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/so-it-comes-to-pass\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T12:50:30","slug":"so-it-comes-to-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/so-it-comes-to-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"So it comes to PASS…"},"content":{"rendered":"

How does your company gauge the benefit of attending a technical conference? What’s the best change you made as a direct result of attendance? It’s time again for the PASS Summit<\/a> and I, like most people go with a set of general goals for enhancing technical knowledge; to learn more about PowerShell, to drill into SQL Server performance tuning techniques, and so on. Most will write up a brief report on the event for the rest of the team. Ideally, however, it will go a bit further than that; each conference should result in a specific improvement to one of your systems, or in the way you do your job.<\/p>\n

As co-editor of Simple-talk.com, and responsible for the majority of our SQL books, my “high level” goals don’t vary much from conference to conference. I’m always on the lookout for good new authors. I target interesting new technologies and tools and try to learn more. I return with a list of actions, new articles to commission, and potential new authors.<\/p>\n

Three years ago, however, I started setting myself the goal of implementing “one new thing” after each conference. After one, I adopted Kanban for managing my workload, a technique that places strict limits on “work in progress” and makes the overall workload, and backlog, highly visible. After another I trialled a community book<\/a> project. <\/p>\n

At PASS 2010, one of my general goals was to delve deeper into SQL Server transaction log mechanics, but on top of that, I set a specific goal of writing something useful on the topic. I started a Stairway<\/a> series and, ultimately, it’s turned into a book<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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If you’re attending the PASS Summit this year, take some time to consider what specific improvement or change you’ll implement as a result. Also, try to drop by the Red Gate booth (#101). During the Vendor event on Wednesday evening, Gail Shaw and I will be there to discuss, and hand out copies of the book.<\/div>\n
Cheers,<\/div>\n
Tony.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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