Hi Mike, thanks for commenting.
At first having the full title wasn't a problem. Then, like yourself Mike, I helped someone out and had to explicitly state 'I do not work for Microsoft' just to make sure that person didn't expect full time support (that they may have paid for). This was
the first time, or the first time in a long time, I've had to state that and the reason I concluded was the award title. The word Microsoft next to my profile name.
Being mistaken for working at Microsoft is not that big a deal depending on who is doing the mistakening (is that a word, don't care). Not into the Microsoft bashing that others are into; I'd work for Micosoft. But if the wrong person, say the boss or the
bosses boss or a work colleague, makes the wrong assumption, and doesn't take the time to investigate what the term actually means then it may create a situation I'd rather avoid.
Is it likely to happen though, it's more likely that I'd first think, my boss has a habit of searching people names online and checking their online activity, colleagues use this site and may casually mention it in conversation with the boss in an open plan
office.
Suppose the solution is to preempt it. Suppose I need to tell boss about the award and what it means.
"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination." - Fred Brooks
