My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 3

Just like DAY 2, started with Non-Veg Break fast and headed to Microsoft to get more insight on technology.

Some more snaps:







Standing from Left to Right: Nikhil Kothari, Vijaya Kadiyala, Suprotim, Ravi (the one in Blue Jacket).

Once again i met the 3M(s) of C-SharpCorner.



With this last picture my Tour ends.



I am really looking FWD to be the part of MVP Summit again.

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 2

DAY 2, Brand new day with lots of energy and lots of enthusiasm to visit Microsoft Campus and to attend various training sessions. Wow…I can’t believe it.
Had good non-vegetarian break fast. It may seem bit odd to you but I love Non-vegetarian food.

Boarded the bus to go to Microsoft Campus.

Here are some pictures, which I took when I was in bus: In Microsoft Campus





After getting down the bus I saw almost all country flags.



Some more pictures:









Unfortunately i can't say anything about what sessions i attended and what's in there!!!!

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 1 Part 3

On the same day i met some more people from various technology domains.

I am fortunate to meet Limno from WWW.ASP.NET. He is one of the top and best contributor in this forum and is now part of Hall-Of-Fame. He told me a few tips in ASP.Net and in SQL Server. He also shared his experiences of his journey of becoming MVP. He is really nice. I am really looking forward to meet him once again in the next MVP summit.



Standing from Left to Right: Pinal, Limno and Vijaya Kadiyala

We had long party at the Convention center and its time to go back to hotel and take some rest and get up for the next BIG thing i.e. Microsoft Campus Redmond. Wow.. isn't it great to say I am going to visit Microsoft Campus!!!

On the way back to hotel, I heard that there is open forum discussion from the people who are behind MSDN Forums. isn't it really kool!!! On-and-Off I was also contributing in this forum.
I met Sam, he is one of the Dev Lead of MSDN Forums and he told me the improvements his team made to these forums. Just now I visited these forums and UI looks great. As expected Microsoft kills everybody with looks:)



Standing from Left to Right: Sam, Vijaya Kadiyala

After long hour discussions with Sam, its time to take rest. So i slowly moved to my hotel room. I was about to sleep, got a call from Mahesh Chand from C-Sharpcorner.com
He called me for a dinner with MVPs who are from C-Sharpcorner.com. I had very good time with all of them.



Starting form Left to Right Front Row: Vijaya Kadiyala, Mahesh Chand
Starting form Left to Right Back Row: Mike Gold, Mathew Cochran

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 1 Part 2

After all the initial key notes from MVP leaders, we headed to the dinner. I happen to see many authors of various books which I read to learn these technologies. Wow it’s truly amazing. As you know I regularly contribute to the SQLServerCentral.com and I happen to meet Steve Jones whom I always admired. What can I say it’s truly world class experience; I even told him about my contributions in SQLServerCentral.com and my position in it. When I said my rank in this community is less than 150 he was very happy and impressed by me.
You know what, when he kept his hand on my shoulders I can’t express how happy I was at that point of time. What can I say about him, I am like a little kid with candy in front of him.


Standing from Left to Right: Vijaya Kadiyala and Steve Jones.

Some more snaps with some of the Finest Technical people in SQL Server.


Standing from Left to Right: Vijaya Kadiyala, Andy Warren

Once again hand on my shoulders from one of the best SQL MVP.

Standing from Left to Right: Itzik Ben-Gan, Vijaya Kadiyala


Standing from Left to Right: Vijaya Kadiyala, Satya, Glenn Berry, Ross Mistry

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 1 Part 1

My MVP Summit 2009 Experience: DAY 1

Again all 5 MVPs gathered in Pinal's Room and went to register for MVP summit at Washington Sate Convention Center.
Check out the below pics.







After our registration we were looking for a place to have our breakfast. Where else we can go!!!!!! With Egg-and-Chese Biscuit from Mc Donalds and then visited a few places in Downtown and then went to visit Seattle's world famous Space Needle.

Here are some of the snaps:







Its Lunch time and we were hungry. We found one good place "Bombay Wala" in Downtown. While coming back from Space Needle, I met an MVP. His name is Guilherme Mendonça and he is from Brazil. He is MVP in "Expression" technical discipline. There are very few MVPs around the world may be you can count them on your fingers with this technical skill set.



After our Lunch, we went back to hotel Sheraton to attend some training sessions. Please dont ask me what sessions I attended coz I can't disclose it.

Now the big event of the day: MVP's Welcome reception. Its amazing. For the very first time in my life I felt like I am one of the best.

Here are some of the snaps:








All South Asia MVPs with MVP Lead Abishek Kant(the one who is in Brown Jacket standing First from Right to Left) and Howard Lo (Regional Manager Asia Pacific Greater China).