Eric Maino

right on man! :)

Here we go again, while MS continues to get class acts hired on, I as the C# MVP Lead looses yet another great MVP. So to Eric, good luck, farewell AND welcome aboard, see you soon.

welcome aboard! :)

Great decision.

Catie, change is tough. I won't deny that. But, you will find you will expand your ideas, learn things about people and places that you never thought existed, and gain a greater appreciation for the world. I love West Michigan. But, after growing up in the Midwest, my wife and I moved several times. After several moves, and living on the East coast for several years, while we loved it, we did feel a drive to move back to the Midwest. Wevare BOTH happy we made the moves. We learned so much more that we could have from text books, family and friends.

Further, it is good to "escape" from West Michigan. While it is a great place to live, its incredibly conservative, closed minded, living in the past mentality is something you need to break out of. I am very conservative myself, but I see many advantages to change that those who have never left the area cannot comprehend. (And, they do not WANT to see). Maybe in 5, 10, 15 years you will come back. Or maybe not. But, you will be much brighter from your experience.

Eric, you dog.
You know we are all going to miss you! You have been a great asset to this program. (I know there are MS people reading this, but that is not why I am writing this) Truthfully, they are gaining a GREAT employee! I mean that.

I suppose I do have one option for keeping you around...
"will be moving to the area shortly after I graduate"
hmmmmmmm
;-)

I wish you all the success in the world Keep in touch.

congrats and good to hear good things are going your way

Congratulations to both of you! As you know, my wife and I recently made a very similar move. It was a tough choice for us too, but we're very glad we made the decision that we did. Welcome to Microsoft, Eric!

Eric
Congratulations! Looking forward to having you here.
Gabriel

So.. uh... does this mean you won't be attending any more Day of .NET events? Who will we get to take the pics? :-)

But seriously, congratulations. That's pretty cool.

Dave - Don't count me out of those events totally. While I won't be able to attend most of them, I would be more then happy to try and arrange a time when I come out to such an event and speak :-)

Welcome aboard Eric. We are really looking forward to you joining the C# Team.
Kartik

Congratulations Eric! Great meeting you at the Summit

Tough Decision? Tough decision for a new college grad accepting a job at Microsoft? What kind of maniacal egoism is that?

Should fit right in.

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