{"id":477,"date":"2017-07-13T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlnuggets.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2017-07-13T10:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:32:07","slug":"speaking-ncdevcon-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/speaking-ncdevcon-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking At NCDevCon 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-467 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ncdevcon-logo-300x84.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ncdevcon-logo-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/sqlnuggets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ncdevcon-logo.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ncdevcon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCDevCon 2017<\/a> is just a few months away, and I will once again be returning as a speaker. \u00a0NCDevCon is always a fun conference, I really enjoy it. \u00a0Not only is it nostalgic for me being back with the developer community I used to run with, but it was actually the first conference I ever spoke at, way back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>This year I will be presenting my &#8220;Managing Your SQL Server When You Don&#8217;t Have A DBA&#8221; session. 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