Big Day: New Job, MVP Award & more

Today has shaped up to be awesome for me.  First off, I started at Cerebrata (Red Gate) as a Product Evangelist.  This role is something I’ve been excited about since a side conversation almost a year ago even brought up the possibility.  Most of today was spent roaming the halls of Red Gate (digitally since I’m working remote), meeting new folks over email, seeing the internal communications and trying to get my bearings of all the resources.  Just in what I’ve seen so far I’m incredibly happy I’ve gotten this opportunity.  There is still a ton more to dig into and my @work list is growing steadily. 

While I was Skyping with my new colleagues I received an email from Microsoft informing me that I’ve been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for my community contributions around Windows Azure in 2013!  It’s always nice to be recognized, but I’m mostly happy that my contributions have been helpful for people learning Windows Azure.  I find the technology and platform fascinating (otherwise I wouldn’t have the new job I have) and I enjoy sharing some of that interest with anyone who wants to learn. 

All this and I still have some more work, my son’s soccer practice and cub scouts to go. I’m going to be exhausted today.