This was not done by the VS team. It is an extension developed by members of the Channel 9 team inspired by this post on someone's blog -> http://blog.whiletrue

This was not done by the VS team. It is an extension developed by members of the Channel 9 team inspired by this post on someone's blog -> http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/ http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-... , and the associated Reddit thread.