# Vlog #4: Certification and Welcome drinks, Conference Day 1 (Tableau conference 2016) #data16

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2016-11-09
- **Format:** Video · 8 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Certification, Community, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/vlog-4-certification-and-welcome-drinks-conference-day-1-tableau-conference-2016-data16
- **Watch:** https://youtu.be/7CcAEAcNrFo

This is my day one vlog from Tableau Conference 2016, where I tackle the three-hour certification exam and walk through what I packed in my bag for the day. I also cover the meetups, reception drinks, the expo halls and collecting merch and badges across the community kickoff.

## Key takeaways

- Day one of Tableau Conference is mostly hands-on training, certification and meetups rather than full sessions
- Getting the three-hour certification exam done early frees up the rest of the week, though results take two weeks as it's marked by committee
- Pack a light bag with space to collect merch and badges, plus a pass-through battery pack so you can charge a device and the pack simultaneously
- The expo halls and fringe pub events are the best ways to network and see how others use Tableau
- Grab multiple badges and as much merch as you can while at conference

## Chapters

- 0:00 Day one overview and packing my bag
- 2:16 Heading in and the certification room
- 3:41 Collecting community badges
- 4:50 Day one recap: certification, meetups and reception

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/vlog-4-certification-and-welcome-drinks-conference-day-1-tableau-conference-2016-data16

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