Cover past times Kim Damsleth (Puzzlepart)
If you lot sentiment becoming an MVP is equally slowly equally 1-2-3, yell back 1 time again – my storey is all nigh pushing aside those who cause got been inwards my way as well as claiming what is mine! Don’t similar it? Tough luck – I’m hither to stay!
…..did fiction pick out handgrip of your attention? :) First of all I’m really honored to cause got been brought on board equally a fellow member of the SharePoint Patterns & Practices team, or PnP for short. I cause got contributed to PnP for a spell doing PR’s, therefore when Vesa Juvonen from Microsoft asked if I wanted to hold upwards component of the squad to assist out alongside issues, merging PR’s etc. I but couldn’t tell no. I mean, create changes without someone else accepting it right? ;-)
See the statement post at the Office Dev Blog.
And I promise that people who know me would characterize me equally a by as well as large non-selfish as well as helpful person, fifty-fifty though I tin flame hold upwards strict as well as troll the occasional thread or conversation :) I may oftentimes hold upwards right, but I produce nous to argue as well as I’m willing to cause got the “new right” at whatsoever fourth dimension if convincing enough. Life is besides brusk for absolutes.
To me, beingness component of whatsoever tech community is all nigh making friends alongside people who portion my passion, as well as I cause got made quite a few friends over the years, many of whom are already component of the PnP team.
I LOVE MY WORK AND THE COMMUNITY!
So what’s my storey then? I cause got been lucky to cause got been awarded equally an MVP for Office Server as well as Services since 2011. It’s non something I ever sentiment nigh nor was aiming for. For the longest fourth dimension I cause got e'er loved learning as well as figuring out technical challenges. I started on BBS’ dorsum inwards the day, moved over to Usenet (you tin flame observe some insightful BH90210 threads bearing my yell ;), as well as farther to other forums equally Stack Overflow (with almost 30.000 points I’m inwards the top 1%) as well as Microsoft forums. And Microsoft forum participation earned me something called the Microsoft Community Contributor Award dorsum inwards 2011, which I had no sentiment existed. Also nigh the same fourth dimension someone (I cause got a vague sentiment who) nominated me for the MVP Award, as well as justice my contributions were valuable plenty equally I was awarded the outset fourth dimension inwards July of 2011. Very unexpected, but really honored.
My indicate is, I spent my unloose energy on something I loved as well as cared about, as well as goodness things happened. Had they non happened I would likely hold upwards inwards much the same spot equally I am today – but I powerfulness non cause got personally gotten to know therefore many smart as well as fantabulous people. And I powerfulness non cause got jumped onto the risk of presenting at international conferences. I had done 1 or 2 local user groups, earlier doing SPC12.
MVP for me is all nigh the risk to acquire to know people smarter than me, daring bespeak questions to experts as well as really getting answers back. It’s a give/take as well as win/win matter – if you lot tin flame network, produce it correct alongside no hidden motive, as well as you lot volition hold upwards to a greater extent than successful. In my sense if you lot are awarded a MVP accolade from Microsoft, don’t bring it equally granted, don’t await the holy grail to hold upwards revealed, but seize the chance to create relationships alongside other MVP’s as well as alongside people from Microsoft.
It takes time, as well as it’s all upwards to you lot what you lot brand of your award.
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The past times years I cause got spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension blogging compared to forum participation, equally it’s impossible to attend to all arenas at 1 time fourth dimension wise for me. As much equally I beloved presenting at a conference alongside the stage-high, I beloved writing fifty-fifty more. For 1 I tin flame color my writing alongside my ain language, as well as the achieve of a weblog post is far that of whatsoever conference presentation (unless taped). Which way I go inwards ship on alongside a lot to a greater extent than people past times blogging, many of who inquire me questions nigh things I tin flame figure out for novel posts.
And here’s a surreptitious I portion whenever asked nigh how I create produce to acquire the fourth dimension for it all. I pass real lilliputian personal fourth dimension doing what I produce exterior of when I move or beak (which is 3-4 times a year). I powerfulness opened upwards my pc exclusively a handful of times a calendar month later I acquire domicile later my 8h workday (I don’t produce overtime either). That said, I produce surf, read as well as chat technology on my iPad or telephone later work.
If you lot dig into my weblog posts they are oftentimes nigh solving an consequence or working around a challenge. These challenges are either self discovered, comes from my awesome colleagues at Puzzlepart or arrives via a random email or cite somewhere. This way they are typically client related to my consultant purpose – therefore figuring out the employment as well as writing nigh it comes naturally. Typically when I enquiry something I start writing a weblog post. The weblog post as well as therefore ends upwards equally client documentation, done during working hours. And I produce tell my client nigh this – if you lot hire me as well as I figure something out I volition write nigh it. Ever seen Seinfeld as well as Georg pitching their demonstrate alongside the “that’s a show” line? That’s how I yell back nigh blogging. Any workday topic is a potential weblog post.
Code wise it e'er brand to a greater extent than sense to contribute to an Open Source projection which fits your need, instead of writing all the code your self. In improver to re-using what other people create, you lot also acquire an extra brace of eyes on the PR’s you lot write. Win-win for everyone. And alongside PnP which cause got monthly releases, the fourth dimension from commit to release is non that long, some other win-win. Professionally PnP has been a huge success for me professionally as well as it has alongside other Puzzler’s equally well, several of us contributing PR’s monthly.
You powerfulness yell back it would hold upwards a competitive payoff to concur things back, but having been component of sharing communities for therefore long, sharing comes naturally, as well as it’s a pillar nosotros value highly at Puzzlepart. (You tin flame observe shared solutions similar the Project Portal as well as SPFx extensions at the Puzzlepart github repo.)
As long equally what I produce is fun as well as the community enjoys what I contribute with, all is well. If at that spot ever comes a hateful solar daytime when it’s non fun I volition start doing something else – but I promise that fourth dimension is far far inwards the future. SharePoint as well as Office has proven a real friendly community arena for me, as well as equally long equally it thrives as well as at that spot are things to larn I’ll stick.
I LOVE MY WORK AND THE COMMUNITY!
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