On Saturday morning I woke up to news that I was granted the MVP award for 2010 (my first MVP award). That capped a stellar year for me during which, among other things, my book was published, I spoke at the PASS summit in Seattle, and I had the honor of being involved in the tech editing of the brilliant SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book.
Each of those things was huge, but for all of them to occur in one year was massive. Receiving the MVP award is both overwhelming and exciting, and I hope that my actions in 2010 will do the award justice.
Thank you to all who have supported and encouraged me (you know who you are!) in particular Kevin Kline, Paul Nielsen, the folks at Manning Publications, and my local user group here in Australia run by fellow MVP Peter Ward.
As I write this, I’m organizing my schedule to attend the MVP Summit in February. If you’re going and are interested in sharing a room, drop me a line at rodcolledge at gmail dot com
Cheers, and have an awesome 2010!
Rod.
Each of those things was huge, but for all of them to occur in one year was massive. Receiving the MVP award is both overwhelming and exciting, and I hope that my actions in 2010 will do the award justice.
Thank you to all who have supported and encouraged me (you know who you are!) in particular Kevin Kline, Paul Nielsen, the folks at Manning Publications, and my local user group here in Australia run by fellow MVP Peter Ward.
As I write this, I’m organizing my schedule to attend the MVP Summit in February. If you’re going and are interested in sharing a room, drop me a line at rodcolledge at gmail dot com
Cheers, and have an awesome 2010!
Rod.
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Woo hoo! Congrats Rod.
Just recently got my own copy of the Deep Dives book. (Merry Christmas to me!) I imagine it's a great project to be a part of.
Posted by: Michael J Swart | January 05, 2010 at 12:04 AM
@Michael - Yep, it was an amazing experience working with SQL Royalty :-)
Posted by: Rod Colledge | January 05, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Congratulations! This is certainly well deserved
Posted by: Peter Ward | January 05, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Congratulations Tiger on your MVP! Now you need another book to show it off on. Or a reprint, at least :)
Posted by: Pippen | January 06, 2010 at 11:22 AM