{"id":1046,"date":"2024-06-21T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2024-06-22T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:13:47","slug":"my-first-half-year-as-an-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/21\/my-first-half-year-as-an-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"My first half year as an MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I got chosen as an Microsoft Most Valuable Person, MVP, in early days of January. That day was memorable. Many people notified it and I felt that finally<\/span> I’m accepted as a professional what I’m doing for a living and also (sometimes) as a hobby.<\/p>

My way was the hard way to get in<\/span>. I joined the Security Community first time in 2021 and started to participate those security calls and do those assignments. I was nominated first time in late 2022 but I was not chosen. I decided in April 2023 that I will prioritize my time for these. I did even more than previous year and I also started blogging.\u00a0 I ended up to the security community video of most achieved persons. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I did not know that then but I think it was a sign. There are easier ways to get the title but as always my hard-working method worked for me.<\/p>

Immediately after selection I got an invitation to the Microsoft Global MVP Summit<\/span><\/a> which was held in mid March in Redmond, WA. That was an event which other MVP’s have always told and shared their experiences through the LinkedIn.<\/p>

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It was possible to see and talk almost all Microsoft Security CCP Community PM’s and other people and of course all those fellow MVPs who I have learned to know through those security calls and assignments in the community.<\/p>

Btw you can join too, it’s never too late since the MS products and features will always develop. https:\/\/aka.ms\/joinccp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The second thing<\/strong> so far have been an invitation to have a speech in Microsoft Partner Architecture event which was held in the mid June.\u00a0 It was personally a milestone since I have never ever speak to public crowd. I got a lot of self-confidence and courage.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Third thing<\/strong> was kind of Kickoff event for the future program with Microsoft Security Finland and Security MVPs.\u00a0 Stay tuned<\/span>. September will bring something to the community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you are interested becoming an MVP here<\/span><\/a>‘s the place to start. It might not be easy ( I had to apply two times) but it’s possible. Good luck!<\/p>

But I can promise it’s worth all the work you have done for it.\u00a0<\/p>

I have got a lot of new friends and those are very important for me. I like being in the community.<\/strong><\/p>

Since the selection I have helped other people in many ways as I promised.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJussi Metso\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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I got chosen as an Microsoft Most Valuable Person, MVP, in early days of January….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mvp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240612-WA0031.jpg?fit=1130%2C625&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pes24X-gS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}