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Re: I'm a Professional

#11

Post by sudhirj » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 3:45 AM UTC

sudhirj wrote: post #10

Congratulations! I’m sure someone will add ‘Web’ to your award once you do something useful internet related. Maybe try writing a HTTP tool or something.

Since you seem to know some C++, could always call it the C++ URL Retrieval Library, or maybe something more pithy.

Re: I'm a Professional

#12

Post by pryelluw » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 4:04 AM UTC

I can relate. Couple of years ago I was recognized as a Python software foundation fellow. My contributions to the Python community got me the award (I organize Python Atlanta). Has anything changed? Not really. It is listed in my resume but doesn’t make much difference. It has more personal meaning than anything. Feels good to be recognized every once in a while.

Congrats, OP.

Re: I'm a Professional

#13

Post by 29athrowaway » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 4:33 AM UTC

Is not curl written in C, lol

Re: I'm a Professional

#14

Post by curtis3389 » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 4:37 AM UTC

Too bad Microsoft is just a bunch of Ferengi in a trench coat.

Re: I'm a Professional

#15

Post by mlboss » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 4:46 AM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #13

Is not curl written in C, lol

Somebody should write in go and call it gurl!

Re: I'm a Professional

#16

Post by wannacboatmovie » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 5:00 AM UTC

Clearly he needs to append it to an overly ornate email signature block.

Re: I'm a Professional

#17

Post by throwup238 » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 5:15 AM UTC

curtis3389 wrote: post #14

Too bad Microsoft is just a bunch of Ferengi in a trench coat.

That’s an insult to Ferengi.

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Re: I'm a Professional

#18

Post by makach » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 5:18 AM UTC

Well, there is a threshold to get these! Even though Microsoft hand these out to a non-significant number of people it is still not an easy feat to get one.

It's a nice achievement to have. Congratulations.

Re: I'm a Professional

#19

Post by lkuty » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 5:25 AM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #13

Is not curl written in C, lol

Looks like it is indeed. "I am of course not at all an expert in C++, but I do know my way around C. I suspect the people over there don’t care about the difference."

Re: I'm a Professional

#20

Post by cperciva » Wed, Oct 02, 2024, 5:49 AM UTC

This is fundamentally an example of the "drunk searching for his keys under the street light" problem: He's getting a wildly inappropriate form of recognition because that's the form of recognition Microsoft has a system for providing.

I had a similar experience with Amazon: I'm an AWS Hero not because I really make sense as an AWS Hero -- the Heroes program lives under Marketing and is fundamentally about helping people drive more customers to AWS -- but because a couple senior engineers said "we need to do something to recognize Colin's FreeBSD/EC2 work" and the Heroes program was what Amazon had in place.