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While at PASS Summit a few weeks ago, we sat together with a few other podcasters for a talk about mentors, speaking, podcasting and community.

The participants where:

Carlos L. Chacon from the SQL Data Partners podcast

Richie Rump from the Away from the Keyboard podcast

Chris Bell from the WoxPod podcast

Us, Guy and Matan, the SQL Server Radio guys

Among other topics, we talked about:

Who are our mentors and how have they helped us?

What are the qualities of a good mentor?

How we started speaking and sharing with the community

What should you do when you become a mentor yourself?

Why a little bit of guts almost always helps

Why it's important to meet new people

How SQL Server Radio was started

Items mentioned in the show:

SQL Data Partners Podcast

Away from the Keyboard Podcast

WoxPod Podcast

Guy entering as Superman at PASS Summit

Statistics Parser

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