I’ve just got back from SQL Saturday #162 Cambridge and two people have asked me “What do you get out of it?”
Two things struck me;
a) How difficult it was to come up with something tangible (there are plenty of intangible reasons) – I got a helper shirt.
b) The phasing of the question, the expectation of ‘getting something’.
So why do I do it? Why get involved?
BECAUSE I CAN and because I enjoy it. I enjoy the satisfaction of putting on a good event, I get a kick from knowing I was part of a team that made stuff happen.
So it’s not about what you get out of it; it’s about what you put into it that matters.
Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?
Go to a local User Group? Go to a SQL Saturday ? Go to SQLBits ?
Get involved!! The intangible benefits are huge…but that’s another blog post.
MPM (@tsqltidy)
