{"id":3293,"date":"2012-07-24T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:36","slug":"new-reality-show-starring-sql-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2012\/07\/24\/new-reality-show-starring-sql-server\/","title":{"rendered":"New reality show starring SQL Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">If you haven\u2019t already heard, the Microsoft reality show <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/certification\/bethenext.aspx\"><i><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">Be the Next Microsoft Employee<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\"> kicks off today! We think it\u2019s going to be a great show, but if you don\u2019t believe us, just ask <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SQLRockstar\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">Thomas LaRock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">, who says the show is \u201ca cross between <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thomaslarock.com\/2012\/07\/microsofts-bethenext-starts-next-week\/\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">the first season of the Bachelor and the first season of Survivor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buckwoody\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">Buck Woody<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">, one of the show\u2019s judges, adds that it\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/borntolearn.mslearn.net\/btl\/b\/bethenext\/archive\/2012\/07\/20\/show-your-sql-chops-win-prizes.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">a first rate production\u2026Hollywood-level stuff<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">.\u201d He may be slightly biased, but everyone seems to agree that Microsoft Learning\u2019s new show is worth checking out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">Here\u2019s the basic premise: From a pool of over one hundred applicants, four managed to impress Microsoft\u2019s HR team enough to be contestants on a show that would test their SQL Server skills live. For the next five weeks, they\u2019ll put their SQL Server smarts to the test\u2014and one of them will be the next Microsoft employee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">We think you\u2019ll want to follow along just to see how the show progresses, but how else can you get involved? Buck Woody, who developed the challenges with help from some of our other SQL Server pros, wanted to figure out a way for people to play along at home, so they created a contest (cleverly titled) <i>Play Along @ Home<\/i>.\u00a0 You can find the contest details <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/borntolearn.mslearn.net\/btl\/b\/bethenext\/archive\/2012\/07\/20\/show-your-sql-chops-win-prizes.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">. Each week, they\u2019re giving away 3 Microsoft Press eBooks to the best entries. 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