posted on Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:59 PM by amachanic

Career changes, Code Camp 4, and PASS Summit

I've been incredibly busy as of late, but hopefully things will settle down a bit in the next couple of weeks.

Today is my second-to-last day with GetConnected.  I have decided to become an independent consultant.  So if you're reading and you need some work done, contact me through the blog!  As for GetConnected, I had a great 15 months there.  If you're reading this and need a job, check them out.  They're hiring for several software development postitions at the moment, including both some reporting people and a Senior DBA.  Tell them I sent you.  Maybe that will help... Or maybe it will cost you the job.  But hey, you won't know until you try!

Saturday morning, I'm speaking at Code Camp 4.  I'll be talking about T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2005.  Should be a good talk.  My deck is close to being finished, and I'm extremely happy with it.  I think it might be the best Powerpoint I've written to date.  Hopefully the code samples will come together nicely, as well.

Next week I'm headed to the PASS Community Summit in Grapevine, TX (between Dallas and Fort Worth, I'm told.)  I'll be speaking Thursday afternoon, doing my talk on "structured" SQL Server development, involving exception handling, unit testing, and programmatic debugging.  I'll also be hanging out in the "lounge" that PASS is setting up, answering questions on SQL Server.  I'll be there from 1:00 - 3:00 on Wednesday, so stop by!

Comments

# re: Career changes, Code Camp 4, and PASS Summit @ Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:01 PM

Congrats on going independent Adam! I'm sure you'll excel at it.

I've been on my own for 8 or 9 years now and it definitely has its rewards!

Cheers!
Joe

Joe Webb

# re: Career changes, Code Camp 4, and PASS Summit @ Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:12 PM

Hey great for you Adam!! Congrats! What's the game plan? got jobs lined up? are you working with SQL?

znichter