CRM Entropy - A Microsoft CRM Blog: Unexpected Benefits of an MVP Award

So, today I started work for my new employer, JourneyTEAM, a Microsoft Gold Partner and Microsoft Dynamics shop.  They’re a smaller outfit with a close-knit group of gurus, code-monkeys, and sales experts with whom I’m excited to now be allied.

I was contacted 3 weeks ago by a 3^rd-party talent-sourcing firm looking for CRM Developers in the Salt Lake City area.  Because I’m not one to turn down a good opportunity, I explored what JourneyTEAM had to offer.

Aside from a welcome increase in pay, the chief benefits that I expect to receive with JourneyTEAM are as follows:

1. Broader exposure to industries utilizing CRM
2. Developing with a “TEAM”
3. Incentive to maintain MVP status
4. Microsoft certification classes and exams
5. No more IT support

The last one is a particularly poignant one for me.

See, I started down the path of my development career some 11 years ago.  Then, I worked at the lowest rung on the IT ladder:  Internet Helpdesk.  Fresh out of high-school, and with a passion for programming that I’d fostered since the age of 12, I knew I had to find work with computers.  Since then, programming has taken an increasingly important role in my jobs, starting with helpful personal utilities and culminating most recently in heavy CRM customization and development for BC Technical.

All the while, however, I maintained no less than 80% of my job description founded in IT: from server and network maintenance, to RAID building and desktop software support.  I was, and probably will remain, a competent and proven IT professional.  But it was never my love, as development is.  Sure, I am good at IT, and will be uniquely posited to utilize that experience in venturing forward into the future with JourneyTEAM—but I will not lose an ounce of sleep if I never have to see a BIOS flash utility, Excel formula problem, or unpowered monitor ever again.

So, for those who I have turned down in the past for consulting and development work—due to my personal time constraints--now is your opportunity to reconsider my involvement.  Please contact me at JourneyTEAM about your needs, and I’ll happily involve myself in every capacity I am able.

To my old employer, I bid you farewell and believe that our paths will cross again soon—I do miss you all!

To my new employer, watch out!  I come ready to get things done and get them done right.