I'm a fairly active member of a forum focus on VB development, XtremeVBTalk.com, I also happen to be a moderator, and carry the "Expert" skill-badge. Well, today they gave me quite a surprise. Back 2003 I posted this on my site at the time:
12/01/2003
Expert! The folks over at VisualBasicForum.com just voted to give me an Expert badge!
Today, a similar honor has been bestowed. By a vote of the forum leadership I've been given the status of "Guru" - the highest skill acknowledgment available. This was quite a surprise, and really quite an honor as this is a status given to only a select few. This makes me the 26th to receive this, of the 91,348 current members.
I really do appreciate this, to be judged so by a group that I hold in such high regard really does mean a lot.
There’s no surprise. You’ve worked hard to earn the respect and admiration of your peers.
Thanks for being so willing to share your skill and knowledge; I enjoy learning from you.
April 24, 2006, 10:23 pm