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MSDN Event in Vermont draws over 110 people

Community Cheerleading

I wasn’t there to witness it but I have heard from DCC Susan Wisowaty that there were 110 people at the MSDN event in Burlington yesterday. Another attendee told me she had heard it was 117. This is pretty phenomenal for a city that got axed from the schedule due to poor attendance. This is pretty phenomenal for city with a population of 50,000. This would be a good number for an event in NYC or Boston!

So, for anyone who thinks that Vermont has nothing but farmers, hippies and ski bums as it’s population, think again!

Analysis Services at Vermont SQL Meeting Tonight!(9/27)

Vermont

 Vermont SQL Server User Group

Next Meeting
 
Introduction to Analysis Services 2005
 
 
Our next user group meeting will be Wednesday, September 27 2006  –   6pm to 8pm at Competitive computing.
 
Session Description
Analyzing data requires different techniques to fit different scenarios. OLAP cubes provide structured hierarchical views of data to aid drill-down analysis, while Data Mining attempts to predict structural relationships within the data. This session will provide an overview of these modern analysis methods, with examples of the applications of both techniques. Highlights of the programmability interface such, as MDX will also be covered.
 
Speaker
Tamer Farag joined Microsoft Egypt in August 2000 as a SQL Server Technical Specialist. He performed multiple SQL Server responsibilities in Egypt, including pre-sales, marketing, support, and training. He’s also been responsible for recruiting and supporting local SQL Server 2000 partners to develop large-scale solutions. In July 2002, he was promoted to a Senior TS position. Due to his focus on BI, he’s been identified as an expert in the Middle East region and has gotten involved in large BI projects outside of Egypt. Starting from October 2004 Tamer moved to Microsoft Canada to work as a Partner Technical Specialist focusing on SQL Server. Some of his proudest accomplishments include helping to grow SQL Server revenue by 300% in Egypt and delivering the general session in the Middle-east Developers’ Conference (MDC 2004).
 
Idera is sponsoring pizza and soda for the meeting, so PLEASE rsvp if you are planning to attend so we can order the right amount!   (rsvpsql@vtdotnet.org) 
 

Oh hooray. I can travel with toothpaste again!

Travel

In the past month, I have made a number of short trips that allowed me to get away with a small carry-on bag. My big problem was that I couldn’t bring toothpaste with me. I hated the idea of buying toothpaste at my destination, using a touch of it and then throwing it away. I even felt guilty doing the same with teh travel-sized toothpaste that the hotels gave me. Use a small amount and then it gets thrown away. The packaging is my real issue – I am always at odds with the convenience of our disposable habits.

On the other hand, the hassle of checking my bags just so I could have toothpaste.

My deodorant is a solid, my face soap is a bar, hotels have shampoo and I don’t wear make-up. So it was really just the toothpaste that was making me dizzy.

So I was happy to see this today even though my next three trips are long ones that I will be checking my bag for anyway.

Vermont IT Jobs: Two .NET Web Developers anda Technical Writer

Jobs

PKC Corporation (which is a very cool company with a product developed by a man who is constantly rumored to be a Nobel prize-winner, which would be deserved, but he’s not really) in Burlington is looking for a Sr. Web Developer, a Sr. Software Developer and a Technical Writer. They are a .NET shop and have been so for many years.

Find the details here (note the aspx extension on the page ;-)).

Vermont IT Jobs: .NET (and more) developer in Burlington

Jobs

Company
Founded in 1998, Sageworks, Inc., a Research Triangle Park-based firm, is one of the fastest-growing software and information companies in the United States. The firm has many Fortune 500 clients as well as over 4,000 accounting and financial institution customers. The company’s recently patented artificial intelligence technology is the first in the World to convert financial data/numbers into concise, plain-language evaluations of business performance. To learn more, visit our corporate website at www.sageworksinc.com.

Environment
Sageworks is comprised of focused and results-oriented people who get things done. The people at Sageworks are very friendly and down-to-earth, but we are also committed to achieving our long-term objective – which is to fundamentally change the way people and companies gather and use financial data. As such, we work hard but we operate in a flat organizational structure where people are given great latitude and responsibility.

Job Qualifications
We are hiring talented software engineers to help us develop new products in the financial and banking markets. We are seeking highly motivated and intelligent software developers to help us leverage and build upon our core expert system. Experience in Microsoft technologies is required, .NET experience is a must. We seek developers who “code to live and live to code”; they must be passionate about software development. Finance and accounting experience is a plus.

Job Description
The position will require software development work:

1. The individual may perform testing/QA work initially as part of their job training.
2. The individual will perform the mundane (fix bugs) as well as the exceptional (build World Class applications).  

 

Technical Qualifications

.Net Framework, 1.0 & 2.0, OO methodology

C#, ASPX, JavaScript, XSLT, SQL Server 2005

 

The positions are located in Burlington, VT. Some travel to Raleigh, NC will be required.

 

Contact: Tim.Keogh@ProfitCents.com