4 ms·
> He's an AWS Hero I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. My city has an "AWS Hero" who hoarded the organization of the official AWS meetup for themself, and who
by ValentineC 6y ago
> He's an AWS Hero
I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. My city has an "AWS Hero" who hoarded the organization of the official AWS meetup for themself, and who is infamous for making liberal use of Cunningham's Law [1] for everything.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
- kitteh 6y agoThis sounds like a legit complaint. Does anyone call them out on this?
- cperciva 6y agoI don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. Honestly, I don't either. There's a handful of us who are technical and a huge number whose contributions are primarily marketing.
- jacquesm 6y agoAnd Colin isn't anything like that. At all. So aim that anger where it should be directed.
- qes 6y agoAWS Hero, Microsoft MVP.. something about those sorts of recognition seem to attract certain types of people - types seeking the limelight - often not particularly good, ethical, moral, or pleasant types.