{"id":97791,"date":"2023-08-10T21:44:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/?p=97791"},"modified":"2023-08-10T21:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:44:57","slug":"going-to-a-conference-where-hardly-anybody-knows-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/going-to-a-conference-where-hardly-anybody-knows-my-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to a conference where hardly anybody knows my name"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday and Saturday August 11 and 12, I am going to do something I haven’t done in a long time. I am going to a conference where I may not know anyone (I did learn about the conference from one of the people that run it who was also at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge.) I am going to Powershell On The River <\/a>in Chattanooga, TN and I am pretty excited to go and learn some more about PowerShell.<\/p>\n

They have a first day of 1\/2 day sessions, starting with the one I am excited about “Develop Your First Module.” I am not a newbie at PowerShell (though I haven’t used it seriously in a few years), but I am not even going to pretend I am 100% sure what defines a module! The day will hopefully progress to a session called “1up PowerShell for Extra Life” which looks like a nice coverage of all the basic topics I need.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only time I will not be happy about this is that the first session starts at 9:00 AM, and I will need to leave at 7;30 or so to be guaranteed to get there on time. I am not a morning person.<\/p>\n

Saturday is a more typical conference set up with hour long sessions that are largely about PowerShell and a few other computing topics.<\/p>\n

Of course, my reason for going to this conference is only partially so I can write better PowerShell. I want to meet some of this community and maybe hand out a business card or two.<\/p>\n

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If you know me (and especially if you have ever been exhorted by me to write), you will know two things are true. First, I am really introverted. Two, while I am less introverted once I have met people, I am not pushy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So going to a conference where I don’t know anyone is going to be an adventure. The last time I remember doing this was in the early 2000’s when I first started going to PASS. It took me a while to make the contacts and friends I have today. So who knows what will come of this weekend. In any case I hope to find new people’s blogs to read and some Powershell skills.<\/p>\n

If you want to write about Powershell (or data, or programming…), check out the details on the About Simple Talk<\/a> page.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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