This is the part where I introduce myself

My name is Randolph West, and I am an actor, filmmaker, musician, author, and technologist based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

I am autistic, and unapologetically queer. My pronouns are they/them/theirs.

In the mid-1980s I learned BASIC on a CreatiVision console. I upgraded to GW-BASIC, QBASIC, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basic, and finally C# (my language of choice). I know a little bit about SQL Server as well.

In January 2022 I joined Microsoft as a Senior Technical Writer on the SQL Docs team.

• Personal blog
• SQL Server blog
• IMDb page
• Actor reel
• Voice reel
• PGP Public Key

I have co-authored some books:

• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (Packt Publishing)
• SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out (Microsoft Press)
• Stories From The Trenches: Volume 2 from the Let Them Finish series (Melody Zacharias)
• SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out (Microsoft Press)