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- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]
- zabzonk 2y agoI actually got nominated for an MS MVP by Jon Skeet, years ago when I was a front page "C++ expert" on StackOverflow (before it all went pear-shaped). I had to turn them down as at the time I did zero Windows programming, though lots in the past. Jon & the MS guys seemed nice enough.
- dingnuts 2y ago> Obviously the program people did not think I qualified for “web”. this is just really, really funny on a bunch of levels
- munificent 2y agoYeah, at least the transport layer and application layer.
- abound 2y agoReminds me of Ken in the Barbie movie: > Actually my job, it’s just "beach"
- bravetraveler 2y agoTime to drop all those web features
- natas 2y agoCongrats on the well deserved C++ award!
- SoftTalker 2y agoIt's a major award!
- sudhirj 2y agoCongratulations! I’m sure someone will add ‘Web’ to your award once you do something useful internet related. Maybe try writing a HTTP tool or something.
- sudhirj 2y agoSince you seem to know some C++, could always call it the C++ URL Retrieval Library, or maybe something more pithy.
- pryelluw 2y agoI can relate. Couple of years ago I was recognized as a Python software foundation fellow. My contributions to the Python community got me the award (I organize Python Atlanta). Has anything changed? Not really. It is listed in my resume but doesn’t make much difference. It has more personal meaning than anything. Feels good to be recognized every once in a while. Congrats, OP.
- 29athrowaway 2y agoIs not curl written in C, lol
- curtis3389 2y agoToo bad Microsoft is just a bunch of Ferengi in a trench coat.
- throwup238 2y agoThat’s an insult to Ferengi. Rule of Acquisition #3: Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to. Rule of Acquisition #57: Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.
- jareklupinski 2y ago> Treasure them. this has a bit of a "To Serve Man" twist: you lock up treasure in a box, and keep it away from others
- curtis3389 2y agoThis is also known as "The Oracle Method"
- slowmovintarget 2y agoYou're assuming consumers are their customers. Consumer attention is the product now.
- philistine 2y ago- Rom! How much did you pay for Activision? - 76.4 billion bars of latinum, brother. Grand Nagus Kottick told me it was a great deal. - Oh no, I’m ruined!
- wannacboatmovie 2y agoClearly he needs to append it to an overly ornate email signature block.
- makach 2y agoWell, there is a threshold to get these! Even though Microsoft hand these out to a non-significant number of people it is still not an easy feat to get one. It's a nice achievement to have. Congratulations.
- cperciva 2y agoThis is fundamentally an example of the "drunk searching for his keys under the street light" problem: He's getting a wildly inappropriate form of recognition because that's the form of recognition Microsoft has a system for providing. I had a similar experience with Amazon: I'm an AWS Hero not because I really make sense as an AWS Hero -- the Heroes program lives under Marketing and is fundamentally about helping people drive more customers to AWS -- but because a couple senior engineers said "we need to do something to recognize Colin's FreeBSD/EC2 work" and the Heroes program was what Amazon had in place.
- hoeoek 2y agoGrattis!
- hulitu 2y ago> I honestly have no idea and I don’t have any expectations. I don’t think it can do me much harm anyway. Hm, most of Microsoft's MVP seems to be people who never used a conputer. At least that is my feeling after landing on answers.microsoft.com a couple of times.
- SebFender 2y agoCongrats - but let's be honest - most people don't ask and don't care. I have have tens of certs and a few recogs through the decades and every time someone actually see or hear about it or them they're all surprised... Just go at it for yourself.
- qwertox 2y agoI know I'm wrong, but next step would probably be becoming an Independent Advisor on answers.microsoft.com to show off the MVP badge.
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- milliams 2y agoWhen a profile link for something like this includes a UUID (https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/MVP/profile/8ec06c9e-b9d0-4bd8-a19c-0a3f819aa637 https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/MVP/profile/8ec06c9e-b9d0-4b...) you can tell it's not very personal.
- whycombagator 2y agoThere is no assertion in the authors post to the contrary, in fact the author likely agrees with you: > I don’t feel special or unique as this an “award” given to thousands of people, and in little Sweden alone there are like a hundred people awarded. It does not seem to be a particular high bar to be welcomed into this club.
- tpoacher 2y ago> Obviously the program people did not think I qualified for “web”. Hahah, classic. Thank you for all your hard work, Daniel. Otsukare sama desu.