TLDR
Renewed vExpert 🎖️ — a selective community recognition program (application + review + voting), and a strong motivation to keep contributing to Spring (Tanzu) and sharing also via my book "Study Guide for Spring"! 📘 (book: https://bit.ly/springtify )
🔸 WHAT IS VEXPERT?
The vExpert program is VMware’s (now Broadcom’s VMware) global community recognition for people who consistently share knowledge, help others, and give feedback to the ecosystem — through talks, content, OSS, mentoring, forums, user groups, etc.
🔸 HOW SELECTIVE IS IT?
It’s not “apply = get it”. The process involves:
▪️ Application submission (your contributions, impact, consistency)
▪️ A review phase
▪️ A voting / selection step (peer + program evaluation)
And the program remains a global community with 1,350+ active vExperts across 75+ countries.
🔸 WHY THIS RENEWAL MATTERS TO ME
My contributions are deeply connected to the Spring ecosystem (Tanzu) — sharing what I learn, teaching what I practice, and helping teams build better apps with Spring in real production contexts. 🌱☁️
And I’m especially happy to connect this renewal with my book “"Study Guide for Spring” 📘
🔸 THANK YOU 🙏
▪️ To the vExpert program team for keeping this community energy alive (and for the quiet encouragement along the way).
▪️ To everyone in the Spring / Tanzu community who shares, reviews, challenges, and inspires.
▪️ To readers, students, and peers who read my posts, ask questions, and push me to clarify my thinking. 💬
TAKEAWAYS
🔸 KEEP SHARING CONSISTENTLY
▪️ Talks, posts, videos, OSS, mentoring — impact compounds. 📈
🔸 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION FOLLOWS COMMUNITY IMPACT
▪️ Focus on helping people; recognition is a side effect. 🤝
🔸 DOCUMENT WHAT YOU LEARN
▪️ Turn real-world work into reusable knowledge (like a book). ✍️
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