So Long and Thanks For All The Fish

Not to try and steal Satya Nadella’s thunder today at WPC but I’ve got some exciting news of my own to share. I’m excited to say that I’ll be fulfilling a lifelong dream and going to work for Microsoft!

Every Beginning Has an End

This news is kind of a bittersweet though as I’ll be leaving Pragmatic Works after almost four amazing years. It has truly been an awesome experience. In the last four years I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best folks in the business and had opportunities I would never have dreamed of. Here’s a highlight list of some of the best parts:

• The amazing people I’ve had the honor to work (and karaoke) with
• Learning the ins and outs of SQL Server from some of the best in the world
• Opportunities to write on major SQL Server book titles
• Learning and teaching exciting new technology like Parallel Data Warehouse/APS
• Developing and delivering exciting training content
• Helping others through mentoring and teaching in the Pragmatic Works Foundation
• Ability to shape and have input to software offerings
• Company culture built around giving back to SQL Server Community
• Literally scaling mountains

I’d like to give a special thanks to Brian Knight (Blog | Twitter), Adam Jorgensen (Blog | Twitter) and Bradley Ball (Blog | Twitter). My time at Pragmatic Works was great and I couldn’t have asked for better people to work for. Thank you guys for everything.

So What’s Next?

The good news is that in my new position I’m afforded the opportunities (and encouraged!) to continue being involved with the community. You’ll still see me presenting at SQLSaturday events, picking up the slack on my blogging, webinars, and hopefully presenting at future PASS Summit (buahaha, now I get to submit under the Microsoft call for speakers!) and other conferences.

I’ll also be delving into some other areas, mainly in the development space. You’ll be seeing some new content from me in areas such as BI development, Big Data, Cloud development, and Windows/Windows Phone development. Should be fun!