joseph_c (12/27/2013)
Going to my first SQL Summit and shaking Itzik Ben-Gan's hand. His fundamentals for SQL Server book is what I cut my teeth on. Getting to shake Brent's hand and get a cool sticker.
Ha! I remember my first Summit in 2007. For me, it was shaking Linchi Shea's hand - same kind of thing, realizing that these people who write books and blogs are actually real people, and they're just like us. That was awesome.
That and seeing that there's thousands of other people who do the same thing I do - that was an eye-opener for me.