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The MVP Summit

  • March 16, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    #194509

    Microsoft MVP

    This past week had the MVP Summit in Redmond with over 2,000 MVPs from all product lines coming together to meet each other, network, and get a look at future directions of products. I heard there were some interesting things going on, but everyone is under NDA and I won't break any confidences of what's happening. Suffice it to say that they're working hard up in the Northwest and new products are coming.

    I wanted to touch on the MVP program a little since someone asked me about it this past week. Specifically I got two questions: Are the MVPs that good and how do you become one?

    Well you can read about the program on the Microsoft site, but really it comes down to someone nominating you to be part of the program. An MVP needs to contribute to the community in a technical manner. There are no hard and fast rules, and nomination is only for a single year, so you have to continue to contribute.

    Are they better in their MVP area than others? Some are and some aren't. It's like most everything else, but most MVPs I know are people that contribute to the community and help others because they want to. They may be consultants or trainers, authors, speakers, etc., and they may get some career benefits from tbeir efforts. However they are knowledgeable and they share that knowledge.

    My former partner here, Brian Knight, is one and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him as a top notch DBA for anyone needing one. I'm not an MVP and to my knowledge, I've never been nominated before now. However I did get a nomination recently. That's OK with me since my contributions to the community over the last year have been less technical than others and my community is a for-profit one.

    I'm not sure I'll get it, however it's an honor to be recommended and I certainly respect those that have achieved that status. And if you ever look to hire someone, one thing that MVPs have in their favor is that you can see a large body of their knowledge and work online in many forums on the Internet.

    Steve Jones

  • March 18, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    #695621

    Well, if it comes under the heading of helping others with Microsoft "stuff" then I think you deserve MVP Steve!

    I read or at least scan every editorial you publish. Most are read and I tend to respond to a fair number. A lot of the time, even if the topics are not technical, they apply to life issues that mostly revolve around IT, Database, and Software Development.

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

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