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I often wonder how much people in other professions genuinely love the industry they're in to the point that they'd do it regardless of the money. I'm sure there are examples, but I wonder how many lawyers look forward to doing something in the legal space on their weekend, or a shoe salesman wanting to, well, it's hard to imagine anything too exciting there. For me, it's stuff like this: Rack upgrade day! Some new @Ubiquiti goodness to consolidate things, pics and details coming… pic.twitter...

The photo up the top of this blog post was taken 259 days ago, 15 and a half thousand kilometres away in Budapest and with 1.3 billion records less in Have I Been Pwned. It was also taken in an environment that unbeknownst to all of us at the time, would be inconceivable just 6 months later; a packed conference room. Last week I received my third biennial Microsoft Regional Director recognition for doing precisely the sort of thing I was up to in that photo. In thinking about what I'd write to...

I received a very nice email this week: > Congratulations, your nomination has been accepted to the Microsoft Regional Director program! I am pleased to welcome you back to this worldwide community of technology thought leaders and thank you for being a part of this community. Just over 2 years ago, I first became a Microsoft Regional Director [https://www.troyhunt.com/microsoft-regional-director/]. This is a role that has meant a great deal to me over that time; it's not one you can sit an e...

This was not what I was expecting earlier this week: > I am delighted to welcome you to the Microsoft Regional Director program! [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4LX7MFBmD2M/VtgQGXTimKI/AAAAAAAAI5g/TAhUk372Arw/s1600-h/msrd-logo-192px-alpha2.png] More specifically, the nomination I received some weeks back was not what I expected and this week’s message was what I’d dared not get my hopes up too much about. A bit of context first – I’m not going to work for Microsoft and despite the ti...