{"id":5181,"date":"2021-01-18T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:58:21","slug":"stepping-away-from-sqlintersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/stepping-away-from-sqlintersection\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping away from SQLintersection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the last year, after we were forced to move our Immersion Events online, we\u2019ve realized the power and flexibility of online training and we had great success with our classes last September and October. Our students loved the relaxed class format, and especially the spread over half days instead of grueling 9-hour classroom days, that allowed them to absorb the material, while also having time in the day for office work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>(Speaking of classes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/spring-2021-classes-recorded-classes-blackbelts-and-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out<\/a> our spring line-up, streaming recordings, packages, and deep discounts through end of January!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Given that realization, we\u2019ve decided to significantly cut back on all our business travel for the foreseeable future. We still think there will be a need for in-person training of some kind at some point, but we don\u2019t know what that will look like yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So now that we\u2019re not doing any in-person training, we also made the decision late last year to step away from traditional in-person conferences. We\u2019ve handed over complete control of SQLintersection to our partners there, and we won\u2019t be involved in any future shows, either speaking or management. Note that they are planning their spring show for June in Orlando, and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll have a great lineup of speakers as usual. We wish them every success going forward and thank everyone who\u2019s come to our show since we started it back in 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ll miss seeing all of you in person, but hope to virtually see you online in one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/spring-2021-classes-recorded-classes-blackbelts-and-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our events this year<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year, after we were forced to move our Immersion Events online, we\u2019ve realized the power and flexibility of online training and we had great success with our classes last September and October. 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