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mark1
What is an Excel MVP and how do you become one?
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J
Jason Morin
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HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA
HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA
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routeram
R
Ron de Bruin
Hi Mark
If you don't know what it is why do you want to be a MVP<g>
Look here
If you don't know what it is why do you want to be a MVP<g>
Look here
B
{*BoB*} OZZIE
Ron - Mark didn't say he wanted to be one.... If you asked
what a ballerina is and how does one become one. Wouldn't
think you wanted to be one but you're curious as to what
it takes to become one (might appreciate them more if you
knew how hard it was to become one.)
what a ballerina is and how does one become one. Wouldn't
think you wanted to be one but you're curious as to what
it takes to become one (might appreciate them more if you
knew how hard it was to become one.)
-----Original Message-----
Hi Mark
If you don't know what it is why do you want to be a
message news:[email protected]...MVP said:
M
mark1
Geez, man! I'm just asking!
I never said I did want to become one. I'm just curious.
How do YOU find out stuff if you don't ask questions?
I never said I did want to become one. I'm just curious.
How do YOU find out stuff if you don't ask questions?
-----Original Message-----
Hi Mark
If you don't know what it is why do you want to be a
message news:[email protected]...MVP said:
R
Ron de Bruin
Did you see the <g>
I am only joking
Sorry
I am only joking
Sorry
B
{*BoB*} OZZIE
Sorry - he thought, like I did, that you were being a
smart aleck. My bad if you weren't........ :>
smart aleck. My bad if you weren't........ :>
A
AlfD
Hi!
When did <g> cease to communicate?
Al
When did <g> cease to communicate?
Al
B
{*BoB*} OZZIE
Ron sorry. wasn't trying to give you a hard time (and no I
don't know what it take sot become a ballerina!) Didn't
notice the <g> and wouldn't have knew what it meant
anyway. Plus, you're one of the dudes I trust for
answers!. TGIF!!!
don't know what it take sot become a ballerina!) Didn't
notice the <g> and wouldn't have knew what it meant
anyway. Plus, you're one of the dudes I trust for
answers!. TGIF!!!
message news:[email protected]...-----Original Message-----
Did you see the <g>
I am only joking
Sorry
--
Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl
"mark1" <[email protected]> wrote in
R
Ron de Bruin
g = grin
vbg = very big grin
vbg = very big grin
F
Frank Kabel
Hi Ron
and don't forget the
<ebg>
(evil big grin)
and don't forget the
<ebg>
(evil big grin)
R
Ron de Bruin
D
Dick Kusleika
Mark1
MS marketing hype aside, here's how I became an MVP. I found these
newsgroups (I don't remember how), and started reading other peoples
questions. At the time I thought I was some kind of Excel expert. It
didn't take too long to realize that I knew next to nothing.
After a while I started answering question in this (misc) group. I think I
got more answers right than wrong, but looking back, I'm not sure I had any
business answering questions. I pretty much stuck to the Tools-Options
answers. Secretly, I was reading the programming group, but definitely not
answering any questions there. Over time, I started answering questions in
programming and learning as I went.
After about four years of pretty substantial newsgroup posting, with my
competence level increasing, I got an email telling me that I'd been
awarded. Of course I thought it was a joke, but the return email looked
legit, so I accepted.
You get some nice trinkets being an MVP, but it is no way proportional to
the time and effort that you spend. It's still a good deal because I would
be spending the time and effort even without it. The best part of being an
MVP, for me, is the resource that is the other MVPs. Being one of the less
qualified, I get a lot of benefit from those other guys and gals.
MS marketing hype aside, here's how I became an MVP. I found these
newsgroups (I don't remember how), and started reading other peoples
questions. At the time I thought I was some kind of Excel expert. It
didn't take too long to realize that I knew next to nothing.
After a while I started answering question in this (misc) group. I think I
got more answers right than wrong, but looking back, I'm not sure I had any
business answering questions. I pretty much stuck to the Tools-Options
answers. Secretly, I was reading the programming group, but definitely not
answering any questions there. Over time, I started answering questions in
programming and learning as I went.
After about four years of pretty substantial newsgroup posting, with my
competence level increasing, I got an email telling me that I'd been
awarded. Of course I thought it was a joke, but the return email looked
legit, so I accepted.
You get some nice trinkets being an MVP, but it is no way proportional to
the time and effort that you spend. It's still a good deal because I would
be spending the time and effort even without it. The best part of being an
MVP, for me, is the resource that is the other MVPs. Being one of the less
qualified, I get a lot of benefit from those other guys and gals.
D
Dave
AlfD said:Hi!
When did <g> cease to communicate?
Alf
generation gap, wysiwyg, gui, ascii images, ... emoticons? what are
they? don't imagine he's seen a vt-100, punch cards or teletype either.
C
Cindy Winegarden
In news: (e-mail address removed),
Hi Mark,
I'm not an Excel MVP (my area is Visual FoxPro) but my experience is much
the same as Dick's. I changed jobs and went from a larger programming shop,
where there was always someone around to answer my questions, to being by
myself with a boss who is not an IT person. At the same time I began using
the latest version of VFP which was very different than the older version I
had formerly used. I started reading everything I could find, including
these groups, in order to pick up anything I could. One day I read a
question and then read an answer to a similar question further down in the
newsgroup. I "borrowed" the answer and posted it to the thread and that's
how I began answering questions. A couple of years later I was awarded.
Dick Kusleika said:MS marketing hype aside, here's how I became an MVP. I found these
newsgroups (I don't remember how), and started reading other peoples
questions. ...... After a while I started answering question
Hi Mark,
I'm not an Excel MVP (my area is Visual FoxPro) but my experience is much
the same as Dick's. I changed jobs and went from a larger programming shop,
where there was always someone around to answer my questions, to being by
myself with a boss who is not an IT person. At the same time I began using
the latest version of VFP which was very different than the older version I
had formerly used. I started reading everything I could find, including
these groups, in order to pick up anything I could. One day I read a
question and then read an answer to a similar question further down in the
newsgroup. I "borrowed" the answer and posted it to the thread and that's
how I began answering questions. A couple of years later I was awarded.
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