Ok, this may be my last post for a little while on anything explicitly MVP as that is not the point of this blog. But, on the heals of the MVP summit, I’ve decided it’s finally time to come clean on the "official" criteria for the MVP Award program. I’ve revealed these super TOP SECRET criteria only privately to some of the MVP’s in the past, but at some urging and with tongue firmly planted in cheek, I give you the following.
Before proceeding, please put on your best Jeff Foxworthy voice…now, here goes:
- If you have more computers than rooms in your house…you might be an MVP
- If your family members learn about your life from your blog…you might be an MVP
- If you’ve ever synchronized your smartphone in a bathroom…you might be an MVP
- If you don’t think of Starbucks when someone says to meet you in the coffeehouse…you might be an MVP (only MVP’s will get this)
- If you’ve ever been introduced at a party by your online name…you might be an MVP
- If you’ve ever "thrown down" in a bar over which developer language is the best…you might be an MVP
- If you plan your day around wireless hotspots…you might be an MVP
- If your wardrobe prominently features computer industry logos…you might be an MVP
- If your spouse gets jealous of your laptop…you might be an MVP
- If you spent more money on hardware than the car you drive…you might be an MVP
- If you can quote a KB article, but have no idea who won the last season of Survivor…you might be an MVP
hope you enjoy and thanks to all the MVP’s and Microsoft personnel that made this years MVP Summit the most interactive summit ever with over 1700 MVP’s and over 1000 Microsoft personnel involved.
If you’d like a little more formal take the program and background, read here.
Sean
ps…for the record, 7 of 11 apply to me (if you substitute BBQs for Hardware on one – well, not quite, but disturbingly close enough!!)
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