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Yesterday I received my Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (aka MVP) award email, and I must say that I am (still) very honored to receive this award (this is my 4th year). Some people may think that MVPs may just expect to get this award every year, but I've got to say that most of the MVPs I know still worry about it at renewal time. When you start to compare what you have done for the community over the last year to some of the other MVPs, you begin to wonder if you have done all that you could have. Me, I try my best to remember that I do what I do because it is who I am, and the MVP award is just a side benefit. It shouldn't be the reason why I do (or don't do) something. It isn't always as easy as that, but I do try to remember to just be myself. Congrats to all the new and renewed MVPs, and thank you to all the people at Microsoft that make the MVP program possible.
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About donxml
I’m an independent consultant, specializing in .Net solutions architecture, based out of New Jersey who also doubles as an evangelist for XML, Domain Driven Design, enterprise architecture and .Net. I do not work for Microsoft, the W3C or any other big company that you may know of (at least not yet). I’ve been an indie for over ten years, and although I’ve been tempted a couple times to take a job with companies like Microsoft, I’ve haven’t found something better than my current situation. I work mostly with the large pharmaceuticals that are based here in New Jersey, and usually find myself on long term contracts. Definitely not the prototypical indie consultant, but it lets me dedicate time to my non-income generating activities like the developer community stuff, plus financing open source projects like XPathmania and MVP-XML. If you would like to talk to me about doing some contract work, just contact me via the contact page. My rates vary widely, depending on lots of different variables, but mostly distance from Jersey, and type of work. Plus, I’ve been known to donate some of my code for various projects.