My thoughts were when I picked up on the "don't call us we'll pick you" and not sure how I picked up on that, I thought to myself that it was too exclusive of a club for me.. I think there was a post here on Dev.to from one of the GDE Team members.
Is that any different from the Microsoft MVP program? I believe that all such experts program work on a nomination basis as they don't have the resources to review thousands of candidates.
I think these programs are a bit useless, because I've never once in 30 years had an employer ask are you a MVP or GDE? Or even, are you a Top 5% contributor to Stack Overflow?
They don't want designations, they want solutions to their issues.
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Is that any different from the Microsoft MVP program?
A Microsoft MVP Award starts with a nomination and then it's all about community contributions over the past year. The process of reviewing contributions over the past year repeats every year.
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I think these programs are a bit useless, because I've never once in 30 years had an employer ask are you a MVP or GDE? Or even, are you a Top 5% contributor to Stack Overflow?
Even it that is the case, it doesn't make the GDE or MVP programs useless. They should be about contributing to and supporting the technical communities surrounding a company's products. If you think this is useless, that's okay. There are many other ways to benefit from this though.
They are useless from the perspective that no employer ever asks for that type of certification. Besides even you said you don't want to be a GDE. The reasons you gave are inherent in these types of programs.
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You're right, it was my first impression. But I was wrong.
How so? I would love to know more.
My thoughts were when I picked up on the "don't call us we'll pick you" and not sure how I picked up on that, I thought to myself that it was too exclusive of a club for me.. I think there was a post here on Dev.to from one of the GDE Team members.
I think it was this post that left a sour note with me. dev.to/stephenfluin/how-to-become-...
Is that any different from the Microsoft MVP program? I believe that all such experts program work on a nomination basis as they don't have the resources to review thousands of candidates.
Probably the same thing.
I think these programs are a bit useless, because I've never once in 30 years had an employer ask are you a MVP or GDE? Or even, are you a Top 5% contributor to Stack Overflow?
They don't want designations, they want solutions to their issues.
That's very true. The other thing is that most GDEs or MVPs don't even need a job because they'd make a lot more on their own than at a regular job.
A Microsoft MVP Award starts with a nomination and then it's all about community contributions over the past year. The process of reviewing contributions over the past year repeats every year.
Even it that is the case, it doesn't make the GDE or MVP programs useless. They should be about contributing to and supporting the technical communities surrounding a company's products. If you think this is useless, that's okay. There are many other ways to benefit from this though.
They are useless from the perspective that no employer ever asks for that type of certification. Besides even you said you don't want to be a GDE. The reasons you gave are inherent in these types of programs.