Another quarter gone, and unfortunately I’m still looking about the same on goal progress. Still looking good on Blog posts and networking, still a bit behind on forum posts and still abysmally behind on the Learning goals.
On the bright side, the learning goals are something that I can knock out in the last month of the year if it really comes down to it.
Overall, not too bad for the first quarter, but definitely some areas I need to pick up the slack on.
Community Involvement
New Posts on SSC Forums: Got a bit behind on this one as I really wasn’t posting until about a month ago. I’ve found that with the forums, I either post more or less daily, or I get overwhelmed with all the posts I haven’t read and it’s hard for me to post at all. I still think I’ll be able to pull this off by the end of the year as long as I don’t take another 6 month hiatus.
Article for SSC: I’ve written my first article which came out today.
Live Presentation on SQL Server: No real progress here. Haven’t put together a presentation or even really been working on it.
Blog Posts Written: Doing fine on this one, the more I write blog posts the easier it gets and the more I find myself wanting to write them. It was a bit harder in the beginning but I’ve been on a roll lately and don’t think I’ll have any issues meeting this one.
Learning
Read SQL Books: Not a lot to say on this one… haven’t really been doing it. On the other hand, I’ve been reading a LOT of blogs, which I may let myself count somewhat
Attain MCITP: Behind on this one. When I first made it I actually forgot that there was the MCTS to take before. I’d really like to take the MCTS in the next couple of months to get that one out of the way.
Learn the Basics of .Net: Learned a bit, not enough for me to count it yet. All in All though, this one can be done over a weekend so I’m not terribly worried about pulling it off.
Networking
Add Linked In Connections: Almost hit this one already. I’m quite the social butterfly lately! (Ok, not really, but I have added some people.)
Attend 10 SSUG Meetings: 3 down, 7 to go. I’ve actually accepted a position on the Board of the users group which requires me to be at every meeting to make an opening presentation, so this one shouldn’t be an issue unless I have to be out of town or what not.
Attend 2 SQL Saturdays: Attending the Jacksonville SQL Saturday in May which will close this one out. I’ll probably attend at least 3 or 4 this year.
I’m going to avoid changing any of these goals throughout the year this first year and see how it goes.
It seems like every blog I read has a list of goals posted for the year. This seems like a pretty good idea and I thought I’d follow suit. The following are my professional goals for 2010. I’ve noted my current values of some of the things as a public reference to keep myself honest =).
Community Involvement
Networking
Learning
Some of my goals are are a little conservative, but still challenging enough that I think I’m going to have to work towards most of them. The presentations are something that I’m not sure if I’m going to enjoy or not, but I really want to at least try it and see how it goes.