At this year's Data Community Summit 2022, I am a part of the day 2 keynote. I'm excited to deliver some thoughts and memories of the event. I'm mostly excited the Summit still exists, and I am looking forward to seeing many of you in Seattle in person again. If you haven't registered, think about it. This is the best place to meet other data professionals, network, and not only get knowledge from the experts, but ask them your question in person.

Someone brought to my attention the original event from PASS wasn't the Summit, but was the Compass '99 conference. I saw a recap of the event on the ITProToday site, which brought back memories. I had attended the event early in my career, convincing my boss that this data specific event would be good for both them and me. It was, and it led me to unfathomable success throughout my time working with databases, along with great personal joy.

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