You know what? I don’t actually know how many days are left in the contest. All I know is that Bill Graziano just sent me an important email that I need to pass on to all 5 of my readers who aren’t my mom. (Hi mom)
There isn’t a lot of time left, but you still have a chance to win your PASS Summit registration, hotel, or one of a number of other cool prizes. If you don’t win, you can still go to PASS and spend time with me, or Brent Ozar, or Tim Ford, or Thomas LaRock or Blythe Morrow (Blythe is part of why PASS works). But, if eating waffles, bacon, or having treadmill races isn’t your cup of tea, there are a number of other reasons you might want to go to PASS this year.
Allow me to enumerate:
- More than 160 top-quality sessions scheduled across 5 tracks and 14 pre/post-conference seminars (I’m an alternate presenter, bet you didn’t know that!)
- Great chances to network with awesome people. There are even sessions to help you improve your networking skills like this one with Don Gabor.
- A great lineup of top experts, authors, presenters, thought-leaders, and community influencers, including Kalen Delaney, Paul Randal, Kimberly Tripp, Itzik Ben-Gan, Kevin Kline, Greg Low, Louis Davidson, Steve Jones, Andy Warren, Brian Knight… and the list goes on and on (look, I stole that last line from some PASS copy, it’s 12:05 AM Eastern time, I’m not going to be all that original).
So, here’s how the contest works:
- Write 250 words or less about the best thing you learned at PASS.
- Send your submission or a link to your blog to contact@sqlpass.org with the subject line ‘Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit
It’s really that easy. Check it out if you don’t believe me.
Point is, I’m going to be there.
Now, to find out how much time you have left, you need to
- open up SQL Server Management Studio (Express Edition works just fine).
- Open up a new window and paste the following code into the new query window:
SELECT DATEDIFF(dd, GETDATE(), '20090701');
- Press F5 or CTRL + E or click Execute
You can enter three times, so enter three times. Three chances to win!
If you need help convincing your boss to send you, check out this great ROI or send them a letter or just send them the link to the conference agenda.
One thing I learned at PASS: it’s possible to include references to Krull, ballet, ice cream, and bacon in the same conversation.
