Goodbye MVP

Under any other circumstances, being stripped of my MVP status would have been quite a blow.

I just love the MVP programme. over the past 4 years it has given me more than I could have ever imagined (or ask for.)
I have met incredibly talented people, engaged in very interesting activities and was given great opportunities to influence technologies I really care about.

Sadly, I now have to give it all up, but at least for a very good reason – as this coming Thursday will be my first day as a Microsoft employee here in the UK.

Yes – I am joining the rank as an Integration Technical Specialist in the Enterprise Partners Group and so will still be heavily involved in the technologies that I really like, albeit in a very different role in a very different way, and am really looking forward to it.

So here’s for an ending and a beginning…