2. Give and Receive
As the holidays approach, remember
what SQL Server professionals can
get by giving.
SQL Server folks are by nature a
generous bunch: we share our
knowledge reflexively to help out our
fellow pros locally and globally.
If you have ever found a solution to a
vexing problem by watching a SQL
Server guru’s breakdown of a
database fragmentation then you are
a beneficiary of our communities
giving spirit.
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3. Give Camps
• We don’t reserve that generosity
just for fellow techies – as
evidenced by Give Camps across
the nation.
• Give Camp brings together
technology pros for intensive
weekend sessions that provide
solutions for under-resources
charities and non-profits.
• Wish lists are submitted & reviewed and then everyone gets together
for a weekend, rolls up their sleeves, and builds finished solutions by
the event’s conclusion.
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4. Give Camps
If you haven't participated in a
Give Camp there are three
reasons to do it:
1. You’ll help people.
2. You’ll get to learn and improve in a
uniquely and intensely cooperative
environment that you might not
experience otherwise.
3. It’s exhilarating.
This is what drew Colorado-based SQL Server developer, Gabe
Villa, to become an organizer of Give Camp for the past 3 years.
The most recent saw 20 volunteers serve 5 charities that wouldn’t
have otherwise found infrastructure, budget, or talent to meet their
needs.
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5. “There’s a lot of emotion, we started on
Friday night with no solutions, worked the
entire weekend, and were able to demo the
solutions by lunchtime Sunday.”
– Gabe Villa
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6. One team put
together a donor
management
solution for a
community theater
in Northern
Colorado.
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8. SQL Server DBAs
and developers
alike got the
tremendous rush
of seeing how
their time and
talent can make a
difference.
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9. They also get the
learning and skills
boost equivalent
to a miniconference, as
well as a way to
work fluidly and
creatively.
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10. “There are no
bosses, no
management –
teams come
together
organically to
solve problems.”
– Villa
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11. Give Back
From SQL Saturdays to Give
Camps, chances are there is somebody out
there who needs your knowledge.
This holiday season is a great time to reflect
on how to share it – and be amazed at
what we get back when we do.
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12. Visit Our SQL Server
Community to Share
Your Knowledge
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