Scott Forstie, a star of the IBM scene, flew in from the US to the POW3R conference in Würzburg with nine sessions in his backpack. Looking back on a 33 years IBM career his focus is the database, especially SQL, which for him is so much more than just a database language. In this episode he is not only talking about his IBM journey and passion for the technology but also gives us some personal insides and provides inspiring messages for the daily working life. Due to his experiences he shares some learnings and his suggestions for managers, young employees and just everyone interested in IBM i.