I had never attended a conference of this scale before – so for me, it was a novel experience! An experience I will cherish (Until I get a chance to attend the next PASS!). And I am just amazed at kind of work the PASS board and volunteers must have put in to make this all happen. I remember a time when I was a lead organizer for a national level technical festival for just 500 attendees – and trust me when I say I had no chance to rest for 3-4 weeks straight. So when I see a conference that is 10x in size and 100x in reputation – All I can do is stare in amazement:
(Image Courtesy: dpshots)
So what did I do at SQLPASS?!
– Attended sessions to learn, relearn (and unlearn!)
( Image courtesy: http://www.lubbockstarprogram.com/?page_id=37 )
– Attended keynotes! Awesome announcements!! And on day three, I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Dewitt live! – it was awesome!
– Went to parties ( I loved the SolidQ party and the Game works party)
Image courtesy: http://www.watton.org/clipart/party/party.shtml
– Met Amazing people who are passionate about same things I am!
– Met people who are part of the team that are responsible for developing/delivering products that I use daily => Met people with blue badges!
– Slept a little!
– Explored Seattle after PASS summit
– Volunteered as PASS ambassador
What was my job?! To guide people to find what they were looking for. So what I had to scout for confused faces – offer then help – point them to places – that’s about it.
– And tweeted a little during SQLPASS! #sqlpass rocks!
So yup – I enjoyed SQLPASS!
Cross Posted from: http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/parasdoshi/archive/2011/10/17/sqlpass-2011-was-amazing.aspx
Related articles
- Real Time PASS 2011 Summit Announcements (sqlserverbiblog.wordpress.com)
- Remote Attendee’s Reflections – #SQLPASS 2011 – Day 2 Keynote by Quentin Clark – Corporate VP, SQL Server Database Systems Group, Microsoft (simranjindal.wordpress.com)
- Remote Attendee’s Reflections – #SQLPASS 2011 – Day 1 Keynote by Ted Kummert (Senior VP Microsoft) & Rushab Mehta (PASS President) (simranjindal.wordpress.com)
- PASS 2011 Summit Begin – Wed Keynote (sqlserverbiblog.wordpress.com)