My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 0

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 0

On DAY 0, I met few MVPs from India who were staying in the same hotel where I was staying. In the evening,we were roaming in Downtown. During the course of time we became good friends.Guess what, out of these 5 MVPs, 4 of them are new i.e. for the very first time to the Summit.One of them shared his last year MVP Summit experience. We tried to find a good place for our dinner; it was too late because all the shops and restaurants were closed by that time. Don’t ask me the time … its just 8:45 PST. After going here and there, we finally ended up in Mc Donalds. When we came out of this, we went to visit Washington state convention and trade center. Some of the pics at this place:

Standing from Left to Right: Vijay, Mahesh, Pinal, Suprotim and Ravi. Let me tell you something about MVPs.

Suprotim Agarwal I think this time I spelled his name correctly otherwise I always used to mispronounce his name. I will share my experience on his name when I am writing about Mahesh Patil. He is a MVP in ASP/ASP.Net Architecture. In addition to this he has so many certifications in his pocket. He regularly contributes at ASP.NET forums and he regularly blogs at http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ and http://www.sqlservercurry.com/.

There are very few MVPs in India who got this award in ASP/ASP.Net Architecture discipline. You want to know the number then it is less than 5 and all around the world its just 54. I am fortunate to be the part of this Technical discipline i.e. I am also into ASP/ASP.NET Architecture.

He really inspired me in various ways. The best line what he told me is “ When you are doing something your focus should be on Quality not on the Quantity” this is very true. Apart from this he also told me what to work on and how to improve your knowledge.

I forgot to tell you something. He is working as a Independent consultant in INDIA. There are very few people in INDIA who are Independent consultants. One has to see his knowledge in various technologies. You can take any topic in Microsoft, he can speak about that and he also suggests process improvement steps. It’s really amazing.

Ravi Patel is working in Infosys as Project Manager in UK. He is a MVP in ASP/ASP.NET. After talking to him I came to know that he is not just a project manager but also technical consultant in his projects. In today’s world, people either go to Management side or Technical side. But Ravi is good in both the areas. I am sure people who are working for him are lucky enough to get both management and technical tips.

Pinal dave, As far I can think of him,he is a well known TABLE in SQL Server database. One must see his blog, he is so consistent in writing articles in his blog that he even published few lines when the day he was getting married. It’s really amazing. Can you believe it. Well I am big fan of his blog. He gives/shares very detailed information about basics that we deal in day-to-day life. For me its dream come true when I met him. He is MVP in SQL Server. I also came to know that other fellow MVPs in SQL Server all around the world nominated his name under TOP 5most influential people in SQL Server Community. I think this is the Biggest and Best compliment any one can get. Check out his BLOG on his MVP summit experience.

The best line what he told to me is “ Share your day-to-day experience in blog” this is very true. I am sure most of us are dealing with same set of problems in our day-to-day work.

Mahesh Patil is working in system side programming. He is MVP in Visual C++. Its very rare in INDIA to find people working on VC++ but who ever is working in this are one of the finest technical people and Mahesh is in one of them. He is into core system software design and development in Microsoft technologies using VC++/ATL/COM. He is one of the top contributors in experts-exchange. Check out his profile. Apart from his technical skills he is very friendly. He tells lot of jokes; one can’t stand with out laughing. He is full entertainment TV (Technical Veteran). He is the one who renamed Suprotim Agarwal to Support Team. Mahesh is very funny.