I started speaking on a semi-regular basis this year after many years of trepidation.  You can read about my first speaking experience here.  It’s three years later and I have discovered that I love speaking.  I always wanted to be a teacher when I was younger, but it didn’t work out that way.  I have taught swim lessons off and on for over 20 years as well as coaching a swim team, things I am very passionate about, so speaking about SQL Server seemed like the next step.

I am mainly a BI developer now, using the Microsoft stack, but my roots are in DBA land.  There is one thing that I have run across time and again doing my BI development work and it’s something that surprises me every time.  People constantly using the wrong data type for their data.  So I decided people are either lazy or they aren’t educated on the pitfalls of using the incorrect data type.  Hence my new session was born, Data Types Do Matter.

I’m test driving it at the January 30, 2018, Triad SQL User Group meeting.  Come on out and say, “Hi”, if you’re free.  I’d love to see you and get your feedback on this brand new session.