Advance Your Career by Becoming a Volunteer (Presented at PASS Summit on November 2nd, 2017)

1. Advance Your Career
by Becoming a Volunteer
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
@cathrinew | cathrinew.net

2. Please silence
cell phones
Please silence
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3. Cathrine Wilhelmsen
PASS Community Evangelist
PASS
Community Evangelist and former
SQLSaturday Organizer
Community
Speaker, blogger, author and
chronic volunteer
SQL Server and Biml
Microsoft Data Platform MVP and
BimlHero Certified Expert
@cathrinew cathrinew.net

4. Why
should you volunteer?
…the next 45 minutes…
Where
can you volunteer?
How
does it help your career?

5. Who are you?

6. Developer
DBA
Architect
BI / BA
Manager
"Everything"

7. 1-2 years
3-5 years
6-10 years
10+ years

8. What are your
goals?

9. Higher salary
Promotion
MVP Award
New job

10. How do you get
there?

11. Junior
$
Senior
$$$
Chief
$$$$$

12. Wait for it to happen?
…or make it so?

13. Spoiler…
You're already one step ahead :)

14. Why should you
volunteer?

15. It's fun :)

16. Technical skills
Soft skills
Personal branding
Networking

17. Where can you
volunteer?

18. Schools
Churches
Soup kitchens
Animal shelters
Local community
Parks
Hospitals
Code camps
Online gaming
Not-for-profits

19. PASS
by and for the community

20. Local Groups and Events

21. Virtual Groups and Events

22. #SQLVolunteering

23. Answer short questions tagged with #SQLHelp
Use Tweetdeck instead of native Twitter client
Add #SQLHelp as new column
Monitor keywords with #SQLHelp AND <keyword>
#SQLHelp

24. #SQLHelp on Twitter

25. #SQLHelp in TweetDeck

26. Answer longer and more complex questions
Stack Overflow (stackoverflow.com)
Experts Exchange (experts-exchange.com)
Forums

27. Forums: Stack Overflow

28. Forums: Stack Overflow

29. Write technical guides and articles
Share experiences, tips and tricks
Use WordPress (wordpress.com)
Get your own domain name
Start simple, keep going!
Blogging

30. Monthly blog party
Host picks the topic
Participants write blog posts
#tsql2sday
Blogging: T-SQL Tuesday

31. Podcasts / Videos
Interviews / discussions / reviews
Explain or show something step-by-step
SQL Server Radio (sqlserverradio.com)
SQL Data Partners (sqldatapartners.com/podcast)
Guy in a Cube (guyinacube.com)

32. Everyone has something interesting to share!
Lightning talks / regular sessions / workshops
Local Groups
Virtual Groups / Webinars
SQLSaturdays
PASS Summit
Speaking

33. Room monitoring
Registration / Lunch
Preparations and cleanup
Local Groups
SQLSaturdays
PASS Summit
On-Site Volunteering

34. Lunch meetings
Evening meetings
Full-day or multiple-day events
Local Groups
Virtual Chapters
SQLSaturdays
Event Organizing

35. Your Career

36. Technical skills
Soft skills
Personal branding
Networking

37. Technical skills
Soft skills
Personal branding
Networking

38. Technical skills
Soft skills
Personal branding
Networking

39. Technical skills
Soft skills
Personal branding
Networking

40. Update your resume

41. Before
Job Experience
Certifications
Education
After
Presentations
Volunteer Experience
Honors & Awards
Job Experience
Certifications
Education
LinkedIn

42. How does this help
your career?

43. Higher salary
Promotion
MVP Award
New job

44. Higher salary
Promotion
MVP Award
New job

45. Higher salary
Promotion
MVP Award
New job

46. Higher salary
Promotion
MVP Award
New job

47. Your turn! :)

48. Please silence
cell phonesQuestions?

49. Thank You
Learn more from Cathrine Wilhelmsen
hi@cathrinew.net@cathrinew