Apparently, SQL Saturday isn’t popular in the west. See for yourself. I wanted to see what cities frequently host SQL Saturday and ended up creating this dashboard. There are some interesting findings. Look at how the events are primarily confined to only (right) half of United States. There are several states that haven’t yet seen a SQL Saturday!
I created this using Tableau Public. Unfortunately, functionality of the dashboard on this blog is limited, so I encourage you to click on this link to see an interactive map.
Which state has conducted the most events so far? That’s right, it’s the Sunshine state. Good guys in Florida are outstanding by conducting 20 events already.
I hope this post is fun. Your comments are welcome. Cheers!
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Thanks for putting this visual together for everyone!
As the PASS Community Evangelist, SQLSaturdays are what I work hard on to bring to locations that just haven’t had one yet. We did manage to add a couple of new states this past FY, but I really look forward to seeing some of that large gap on the west coast shrink. I’m excited to be hearing that two of those states still without a SQLSaturday are looking like they’ll be happening in early 2013. Now to just find some volunteers to step up in those other locations! Stay tuned!
Great post!
Karla Landrum
Karla, Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
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Didn’t Albequrque, NM do one this past year? This is a pretty cool visual. Thank you for putting it together.
Sarah, I could be wrong, but the only thing i saw for Albequrque is a future data reservation for early 2013.
Thank you for the comment!
Albequrque had to postpone to 2013.
Karla
Samuel, I’d really like to also see a world wide map. In case you’re bored and looking for something to do.
Karla
Looks fairly consistent with the population distribution of the United States. Also looks consistent with the distribution of jobs that require SQL Server.
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