- Location: Pittsburgh, PA (UTC – 5) (EST)
- Expertise: Power BI, SSRS, Basic DBA
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About 7 years ago I got a job as .Net / SQL developer. And I thought, great I’ll be a Software Engineer. And it turned out most of the work was SQL and database administration, and I remember Googling what a stored procedure was and what a view was. A few months later, I found out that user groups were a thing and attended my first SQL user group.
A few months after that I found out that SQL Saturdays were a thing and attended my first SQL Saturday. And then I made the fortunate mistake of attending the afterparty. There I was cornered by the user group leader and another community member They said, “You should present.”
I told them “No I’ve only been doing this for a year now.” And they told me to present anyway. My first presentation was at our local user group, and while I didn’t get every detail perfect, I didn’t catch on fire either. Ever since then, speaking has been a tremendous boon for my career.
These days I work as an interdependent BI consultant and make courses on Pluralsight. Feel free to reach out to me!