For a Linux and Open Source person such as yours truly, there is simply no point in becoming a Microsoft MVP. It is an honor and a kind of award, but after two months on the inside I can now say that absolutely nothing they offer in the program interests me.
Zero Open Source stuff. Zero about protocols. Zero about any Open technologies at all. 100% boring.
This is not a dis on other MVPs. It just describes how it works for me.
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@bagder As someone who has tried to nominate people for it, I don't find this too surprising. For vcpkg it's more like we want to recognize people Doing Epic Shit ™️ with/for vcpkg. We can't […]
@bagder I previously found the best aspect of the MVP program was direct access to the product teams to discuss improvements to the products based on the real-world use cases I experienced. […]
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