This is going to be another “I love PASS and had a great time at the Summit” post so hopefully you’re not tired of reading those yet.
So as most of you know this was my first Summit experience and I can’t say enough great things about it… it was probably the most busy week of my life and sleep just seemed to get in the way of all the learning and networking. I can’t even begin to list off all the amazing people I met this past week and what was so great about it was that they were just as pumped to meet me (or at least they pretended really well).
I STRONGLY recommend picking up the Summit DVDs cause even as an attendee some of those sessions were pure #bacon and need to be watched again…. while other sessions (Bob Ward’s Wait Types presentation) seemed (to me anyways) impossible to take it all in with one viewing.
I’ve never felt so welcome by a group of people I had just met and I think Twitter has to be given a shout out for helping break the ice. There are a few people that I consider to be “SQL Royalty” and having chatted with them before on Twitter definitely made things very comfortable to strike up a conversation and go for drinks with.
The PASS Summit is a no-brainer for me to attend every year now for the rest of my SQL life and if you didn’t get a chance to go this year and you’re not sure if your company will send you next year…. put away a little money each month cause you CANNOT buy better training, networking, or general awesome fantastical fun than the PASS Summit.
A couple nights we hit a local hole in the wall karaoke bar named Busch Gardens… nothing but pure entertainment here hahahaa… where else can you see….
- @PatrickDBA sing Rhinestone Cowboy
- @MrDenny sing Eye of the Tiger
- @StatisticsIO “rickroll” the entire bar with Never Gonna Give You Up
- 30 of your new closest friends singing Bohemian Rhapsody together to close down the bar
FANTASTICAL!!! 
See you all next year… and if I haven’t met you yet… you’re ALL on my hitlist for 2010
Enjoy!!
It was cool to meet you (as brief as it was). I really like how you represented. wearing the Oilers jersey etc…
hey thanks alot and it was great to meet you as well… I totally get the whole “drinking from a firehose” reference Summit vets were making before the event… between the sessions and networking it is crazy.
I hope everyone next year for the Chapter Lunch wears a sports jersey or shirt to represent their city… would be fun!
Don’t forget it only costs $995 US or about $1080 CAN until Jan 15th.
If I go next year I will wear my Eskimos shirt.
Chris
Great point Chris!
That is a crazy good price which is approx $600 USD cheaper then if you register later.
Time to start planting the seed to your employers everyone and sell them on the discount!!
What an awesome experience! I can’t believe it was your first Summit – you were like a pro. Counting the weeks until Summit 2010.
It’s also in Seattle, 90 minutes direct flight using Alaskair and there are hotels there at around $115 a night in easy walking distance like The Warwick (biased plug).
As I took my wife she would like to explore a spouses or significant others get together as well.
Chris
I’ve already told wifey that I want her to come next year as well… difficult to plan with 2 kids for sure but we have a year to figure it out
Great idea on the spouse meet-up!
I was really hoping that you had a link to me singing. I’m not sure if it has been posted yet.
ehehhe I WISH I had that video
I wasn’t one of the videographers of the events of that evening LOL