Michael returned home from Texas late last night. (Actually it was early this morning. I watched three movies waiting for him but that’s another story.) It was a company-wide tech conference and he was nominated by his coworkers to represent the development team from Oregon. There was a competition portion of the conference that Michael competed in. There were nine teams of four, each team made up of a designer, a junior developer, a senior developer and an administrative position. Michael was the senior developer on his team. His other team members were from Colorado, Utah and Arkansas.
They had four tasks to work on:
- Design challenge
- Security challenge
- Development challenge
- Enterprise challenge
Michael was in charge of the security portion but ended up giving the junior developer the idea for their approach for the development portion as well.
Their team did very well. They won 1st place overall:
They won the award for best teamwork:
And best of all, Michael won the individual award for his security implementation. He was the only member of his team who won his individual portion.
Total prize money: $225
I am so proud of him! It was really good for Michael to be among his peers and realize that he is talented and valuable to the company.
Now I’m making him take me to lunch with his winnings. Seems fair.
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