How do you build professional connections?

Strengthening your connections with others in the field can give you new insights and spark innovation—and it can be fun!.

🤝How have you built a network that supports your own growth?

Our certification subject matter experts recently shared what they learned by joining others in the field:

What about you? Have you also benefited from connecting with others in the field? Share your thoughts in the comments!

A big "thank you" to @Lori Fassman, @Attila Toth, @Paul Cranston, and @Brendan Bannon for sharing their experiences!

It was just fun participating with a couple of other people who also knew the technologies really well. Being able to bat around ideas and come up with just what would make the most sense in this context was fun, and it was a good learning experience for me. I learned a few things myself.

--Lori Fassman, Principal Solution Architect, Ready Computing

Although we didn't know each other before coming together, it was amazing that just because of our common interest, our communication and collaboration were absolutely smooth—and it was fun!

-Attila Toth, Senior Sales Engineer, InterSystems

While developing the exam, you had to think about your own experience and understand how the questions apply to your day-to-day experience working on the technology stack. It helped me to think how knowledge from my day-to-day work would feed into appropriate exam questions.

-Paul Cranston, Director of Professional Services, J2 Interactive

It's nice to talk to people in other departments who get exposed to our customers in different ways than we do in Support. It broadens your horizons and helps you figure out what you know and don't know.

-Brendan Bannon, Senior Support Manager, InterSystems