{"id":3006,"date":"2023-11-20T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T21:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:42:57","slug":"wow-wow-wow-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wow-wow-wow-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Wow! Wow! Wow! THANK YOU!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3006\" class=\"elementor elementor-3006\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38415afa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38415afa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cb145b1\" data-id=\"4cb145b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232067db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232067db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I announced my retirement from SQL\/tech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/thanks-for-the-amazing-questions-events-and-especially-the-memories\/\">here<\/a> and your comments on my blog, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook were overwhelming and humbling! I&#8217;m so touched by the outpouring of THANKS &#8211; and from afar &#8211; all around the world. It&#8217;s incredible how &#8220;small&#8221; the world of tech can be with the level of access we all have via the web. I&#8217;m so happy to have reached so many. Some of you emailed over the many years, but many of you just reviewed content &#8211; learned, and went on your way (always the intent of things like blog posts).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>And then the PASS Data Community Summit came. I had a precon workshop (<a href=\"https:\/\/passdatacommunitysummit.com\/sessions\/1950\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/passdatacommunitysummit.com\/sessions\/1950\">Queries Gone Wrong: Caching, Statistics, Cardinality -&gt; Solutions!<\/a>), a session (<a href=\"https:\/\/passdatacommunitysummit.com\/sessions\/2015\">SQL Server Indexing for Performance<\/a>), and then I &#8220;passed the torch&#8221; from having delivered the Community Keynote last year (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o235tGwwe24&amp;t=1s\">PASS 2022: 30+ Years of Innovation<\/a>) to introducing the 2023 Community Keynote by Ben Weissman and Melody Zacharias: AIOps and ChatGPT &#8211; Prepare to Ride the Next Wave (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gXh5Ay_9YXY&amp;t=731s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 PASS Data Community Summit keynote<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>So many of you came up and asked for a photo, or just wished me well with my future endeavors, or thanked me again for all of the content. 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I have to admit, I was nervous. Just like last year, my intro wasn&#8217;t technical (duh!) so I always wonder how I&#8217;m going to do&#8230; I (STILL &#8211; after 30+ years) get stressed about presenting but presenting non-technical, that&#8217;s the worst for me. And, so many people to thank &#8211; Redgate, all of the sponsors and exhibitors &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to miss anyone!<\/p>\n<p>But, then the surprise at the end&#8230; WOW! I can&#8217;t believe that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redgate<\/a>\u00a0(via Steve Jones, Kevin Kline, and Joe Webb plus the lovely Paul Randal) gave me a gorgeous lifetime achievement award and a stunning bouquet of flowers. 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