There are even SQL Heroes in Romania!

One of the many great things about this job is getting to meet really cool people. Take Cristian, for example. He's an independent consultant, a SQL Server MVP and an instructor who's out there every day teaching people how to better use our products to get their jobs done.

[Cristian says,] I’ve been asked on first of April if the SQL Hero contest is real or not. Just because the guy that asked me saw a post on a blog that day it doesn't mean that it's a joke. It is as serious as it can be. Cristian's Blog : SQL Hero - David Reed Interview

For those of you who don't know what it takes to become an MVP or even what a Microsoft MVP is, I can tell you that the bar is very high. In many ways, we treat the MVPs' reactions to things as the pulse of the community at large.

We rely very heavily on our MVPs, every one of them, to keep us focused on what's best for our customers and to support their efforts to evangelize our products and educate our customers. The SQL Server MVPs and SQL Server All Stars are first among equals in the ranks of our SQL Heroes.

I'm glad that he asked me to clarify a few things before rumors could proliferate, but I'm very honored that he posted some of my rambling answers to his blog to dispel the April Fools' myth.

Thanks, Cristian!