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I mark such emails as phishing. I know that stretches the definition but it’s not totally off.
Heck, the events I present at are a freaking fantastic time - so much so that the hardest part is getting in to present.
Are you in the magician’s guild?
SQL Server. Dozens of free events a year, one in most major cities, 20-40 Sessions/Presenters, token payment that covers lunch (and ensures attendance).
The main event (PASS Summit) is held yearly, has 150 to 200 presentations/presenters, and presenters admission is free. It’s a community event and it’s freaking fantastic.
I guess is more data oriented than SQL Server alone no? Like I don’t quite have in my mind what kind of presentations would be donde if it was just SQL Server, apart from presenting new features or similar… But that would be mostly exclusive to Microsoft and associates.
It’s on everything from how to help your career (mentoring, presenting , etc), to learning tips for Azure to solving problems to using advanced feature. Mine were on WMI collection for SQL Server servers (and how to tweak power settings, etc) and Event Notifications to get all code changes, errors, etc. I have seen presentations on R, Python, MySQL, but also seminars on Service Broker, AWS, index tuning, and running MSSQL in Kubernetes or on Linux.
What I’m hearing is that you’re not NOT in the magicians guild…
Or are they? Look behind your ear - tada! A magicians guild membership card with their name on it!
If they’re good at SQL, it’s magic yeah
There’s a raunchy manga that just came out where the magic is based on SQL somehow.
*Actually it’s a fan made re-release: My Ideal Life in Another World ~Perfected Fan Edition~ TOTALLY NSFW but I literally stayed for the plot.
Misdirection is one of the hallmarks of a magician, is it not?
I don’t know what the opposite of magic is, but SQL Server is that.
Are you kidding me? Why did the performance on this query start sucking this morning. Was it statistics? Plan recompilation? Plan sniffing? Bad plan? Somebody else running queries on the same spindles? Oh, it’s certainly magic.
I guess curses count as magic, too
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Learn to enjoy the rest of the time during the boondoggle. And most of the time the company is paying for it anyway.
I just love how some things cost astronomical amounts of money just because academia or the company is supposed to cover those expenses and nobody sane is not going to buy that for themselves anyway :(
It’s like the nerdy forgotten stepchild of the hospitals, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries. They make up numbers amongst themselves for the little guy to pay.
Don’t get the problem. Professor picks conference, grad student submits paper and professor’s group pays the trip. Isn’t that how it’s done? I always enjoyed those conferences.
If it’s a good lab group yeah in bad lab groups the student is frequently footing the bill.
We always footed the bill (student discount rates though!). And now that I’m the professor, I don’t have that kinda money or support to foot the bill.
Wtf. I mean, no judging, I get it. But that’s not how it should be. Aren’t there parts of grants allocated for that, most grants I was involved with had those sections.
Idk what conferences you’re going to man I’ve enjoyed mine once I get through that preliminary don’t know anyone struggle. Having speakers in person allows actual conversation beyond the q+a. Also students and “trainees” get actually discounted rates. Besides which your PIs funding should be reimbursing you which is means you get cc points for free.
Your guys’ presentations aren’t 11 minutes? Fascinating.
Also, going to a conference when your employer isn’t paying outrageous rates is painful. Fun, but it hurts the wallet so much.
This is a conference with mandatory presence! So what if it’s a climate conference? We’re not in a pandemic anymore. Grow up! /s
