It is T-SQL Tuesday again, for the 59th month in a row. Next month marks FIVE YEARS of T-SQL Tuesday, introduced by Adam Machanic (B|T) way back in 2009.
I’m hosting this month, but the topic actually comes from Wendy Pastrick (B|T). It turns out that Tuesday, October 14th, the day your contributions are due, is also Ada Lovelace Day. As you probably know, Ada Lovelace was one of the first female computer programmers (considered by many to be the FIRST computer programmer). If you didn’t know that, here’s your chance to learn some history of our industry. Wendy suggested that we take advantage of this date and do some sort of a tribute to Ada. I agreed, and here we are.
Your Assignment
Ada Lovelace has been an inspiration to many. In keeping with my blog theme, let’s call her a hero. We all have our heroes, those people who we admire, who inspire us, who we strive to be like. Who is your hero?
Your assignment is to acknowledge, in writing, your hero (or heroes). You don’t have to mention them by name if you’re not comfortable doing so, but you do have to tell us how you met them, how they have inspired you, and what qualities or traits of theirs you have striven to adopt.
The Rules
There are a few rules and regulations that you should follow while attending this party so that nobody feels left out or mistreated.
- Your post must go live between 00:00:00 GMT on Tuesday the 14th of October and 00:00:00 GMT on Wednesday the 15th.
- Your post has to link back to the hosting blog post (this one), and the link must be anchored from the T-SQL Tuesday LOGO (found above) which must also appear at the top of the post.
- Trackbacks should work. However, it is safer to tweet about your post and include my Twitter handle (@RealSQLGuy) and the #tsql2sday hashtag.
