Just a few statistics about our 2012 Alaska SQL Cruise (since we SQL Server Professionals love data so…)
- Cruisers (aka students): 11
- Plus-Ones: 17
- Children: 2
- Parents: 4
- Spouses: 11
- Speakers: 6
- Staff: 2
- Class Hours: 20
- Networking Hours: 54
- Shore Excursion Hours: 32
- Dining Hours: 24 x 7 (technically)
- (Official) Office Hours: 3
- (Actual) Office Hours: (see Networking Hours)
- Corporate Sponsors: 6
- Cost of SQL Cruise Training Subsidized by Sponsorship per Cruiser: $1500.00
- Average Cost of Room & Board per night: $170.00
- Nautical Miles Traveled Aboard the NCL Jewel: 2,000 (estimated)
- Furthest Cruiser from Seattle Port:Bruce Pratt Jr. (Louisiana)
- Wildlife Spotted on SQL Cruise:
- Moose
- Bear
- Whales
- Starfish
- Sea Cucumbers & Urchins
- Waterfowl (various)
- Jellies (various)
- Mountain Goats
- Harbor Seals
- Otter
- Salmon (smoked)
- Temperature of Pools: 85 degrees F
- Temperature of Hot Tubs: 99 degrees F
- Topics of Class Sessions:
- Powershell
- Leading Technical Teams
- Communicating with Non-Technical Management
- Performance Tuning
- Developing for Performance
- Advanced Backup & Recovery
- Solid State Drives & SQL Performance
- Hours of Video Shot by SQL Cruise Attendees: 50 (estimated)
- Gb of Photos Shot by SQL Cruise Attendees: 200 (estimated)
- SQL Cruiser Primary Professions:
- Corporate DBAs: 46%
- Consultants: 27%
- Corporate Developers: 9%
- Management: 18%
- SQL Cruise Experience:
- First-Timer: 82%
- Returning: 18%
- Reasons for You to Not to Attend the Next SQL Cruise: NULL
Saw an otter and a seal in Juneau and some porpoises while at sea. the only one I got a photo of was the otter.
I came from Virginia… does that make me the furthest cruiser?
I saw some bald eagles, but not enough time to get a picture. 🙁
I think children needs to be increased to 4: Yanni’s two, and Bill’s two daughters.