Happy Anniversary -- 1 Year at Microsoft -- I made it!

Published 19 March 08 02:11 PM

Today is my one year anniversary here at Microsoft. I can't believe how time flies - it must be because I've had so much fun creating content and engaging with online community this past year. The VB Dev Center has come a long way in that time and I'm excited to be part of a team that really values online community.

Thanks to all the readers of my blog and the encouragement and support you've all given me on the videos, interviews, articles, webcasts, samples and even emails! Even though I can't possibly respond to everyone please know that I do read all of your feedback. And remember to use the forums for general questions, as that will be much more responsive than I can be.

So here at Microsoft it's a tradition to put a pound of candy for each year you have been here outside your door for people to munch on. Since I'm working up in Redmond this week I brought popcorn, licorice and gum drops (I like variety) that I figured added up to a pound. I still have about a pound left!!! Hmmm... next time, chocolate!

Thanks again for all the support from you and thanks to the awesome teams I have worked with this year especially VS, VB and MSDN.

Here's to enjoying another year!

by Beth Massi
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# rogerj said on March 19, 2008 7:20 PM:

Beth,

Congratulations!

Here's hoping you make it beyond the 10# mark.

--rj

# Beth Massi said on March 19, 2008 8:29 PM:

Thanks, Roger!

# Ryan Katri said on March 20, 2008 1:00 AM:

Congrats, Beth -- you're missed here, but appreciating the work you're doing for the VB community.

# Beth Massi said on March 20, 2008 12:31 PM:

Thanks, Ryan! I hope everyone at the old fort is doing well :-)

# kamm said on March 20, 2008 2:49 PM:

Beth,Congratulations!

You are very cool! Your video helped me to make my application. Clear diction help me to understand lessons and to  improve my english.

Thank you very much

Kamchy

# Josh Stodola said on March 20, 2008 8:11 PM:

Congrats!  Love your blog and what you do for the community.  Hope you can keep it up!

# mxj1009 said on March 20, 2008 10:46 PM:

Congrats, Beth!  We love the working you're doing with VB, and we're looking forward to seeing more.

# Steve said on March 21, 2008 2:14 PM:

Beth, you have turned out some of the most usefull demo's and screencast I have watched on MSDN. You have a nack at showing the programs to their full extent and they do work to boot.

Great job, More, More, Bravo.

Steve

# Mike said on March 21, 2008 2:27 PM:

Your VS2008 Data video saved my bee-hind.  It was the only one that explained it properly!

You say you don't like doing them since you don't have an audience in front of you, but you're one of the best presenters I've seen!  ...and only a year into it...Yeesh!  

Congrats & keep up the great work Beth!  We all appreciate you!

Cheers,

-Mike

# phil richard said on March 25, 2008 8:49 AM:

Congratulation!

Your one year at Microsoft obviously must be the most productive for them because you made MILLIONS to now understand, love  and use Visual Basic. Your voice greatly helps undertanding it very easy. God will continue to bless you for the wonderful help you are always giving to us, worldwide.

Happy Anniversary and please don't leave Microsoft.

phil

NIGERIA

# JamesNT said on March 27, 2008 9:43 AM:

Beth,

Congrats on 1 year at MS.  Now all you have to do is become the Raymond Chen of VB!!

JamesNT

# Chris Preston, B.Sc., P.Eng., MCP said on April 3, 2008 10:07 AM:

Thanks Beth for your video tips - they are indispensable.

I am manager of software development at Stroma and we are constucting a huge tracking database for explosives. Could you drect me to your store of database how to's and wherefore's. I am using some of the Msoft books on ADO.NET and others.

Cheers - Chris

# Beth Massi said on April 4, 2008 7:01 PM:

Hi Chris,

If you navigate to my blog via the web you can click on the links at the top to navigate to useful videos, interviews and the dev center which is a protal to all the content.

http://msdn.com/vbasic

HTH,

-B

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About Beth Massi

Beth Massi is a Program Manager on the VS Community Team working with the Visual Basic Team producing developer content on MSDN and her blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi). As a VB community champion and a member of the Microsoft community she helps run a .NET user group in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. Before Microsoft she was a Senior Systems Architect at a health care software product company and was a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP. Over the last decade she has worked on distributed applications and frameworks using Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, SQL-Server, and Visual FoxPro. She has worked on various projects including developing object-oriented middle-tier frameworks, COM, .NET, Web and Windows-based applications using Microsoft development tools for a variety of businesses. She loves teaching, mountain biking, and modifying cars.
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