An article written about me, which has been posted on the Experts Exchange Company Blog, it starts…
“The man. The crown jewel of EE. An immovable pillar of patience. These are just a few of the names that Experts Exchange community members have bestowed upon Andrew Hancock (known on the site as hanccocka). While Andrew joined …..
You can read the full article here – EE’s Top Expert Pens Series of VMware for Beginners Articles
It finally happened on the 1st May 2013. In the Gaming-World, I’ve leveled-up!
My Experts Exchange Savant Certificate
Before 1st May 2013: - VMware Prodigy
After 1st May 2013: Note change! VMware Savant
I’ve now joined a very exclusive club, it was going to happen sooner or later, I’m now a VMware Savant at Experts-Exchange.com. As of this post, there are only 11 out of
hanccocka – VMware (yes the 1st VMware Savant!)
I was quite surprised to receive two emails from Experts Exchange late last night, Congratulations, you have earned a new rank! and noticed my new Eeple (avatar).
Experts Exchange have introduced two new Ranks
Prodigy – 5,000,000 points
Ace – 3,000, 000 points
So, I now have two new ranks,
Prodigy – VMware (the 1st Expert!), Ace – Virtualisation (the 1st Expert!), I also get two new T-Shirts for these as well!
My Bio has recently been published on the Experts Exchange Company Blog
it reads…
Andrew Hancock (a.k.a- hanccocka) first joined Experts Exchange in 2003 at the prompting of another Experts Exchange expert, Richard Quadling.
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A belated birthday present, and today I became the 33rd Savant at Experts Exchange.
You become a Savant, when you hit 10,000,000 points. No T-Shirt, you only get a T-Shirt for Zones, so I’m a little way off from that prestigious Savant in VMware! Stay tuned!
So my Badge has changed from
to this:-
Some other Experts Exchange statistics, last year my end of year overall point score was 4,688,803, this year I’ve passed that already, and currently at 5,148,594
Not bad, since I started answering questions just under two years ago, in December 2010.
Greetings to @demazter (Glen) at #35, and @alanhardisty (Alan) at #37. Two exceptional UK based Experts!
I’ve just received an email from Experts Exchange, it reads
Welcome to the 5 Million Point Club.
You’ve done it: you’ve earned enough points to become one of the founding members of our Five-Million Point Club. You’re among an elite group of experts who will have a membership to Experts Exchange for life.
Thank you for your generous contributions! Here’s to many more productive, exciting years solving technology problems together.
and I’ve got a new badge to display….
The Annual Expert Awards are announced at the beginning of each year to celebrate the best Experts throughout the years from a competitive field of Experts worldwide at Experts Exchange.
The award winner in each category receives the following:
I believe the Trophy is a cast of the original hard drive which recorded the first Question/Answer at Experts Exchange. Each Trophy weighs approx 2kg.
I was the Award winner in the following
and this is what you receive from Experts Exchange if you are lucky enough on Being The Best of the Best!
oh, and a wardrobe full of Expert Exchange T-Shirts!
Taking a break whilst Experts Exchange Upgrades to EEv10! So if you currently visit the site, you’ll be greeted with:-
still top after 8 months!
So, before the site went dark for it’s upgrade, I’m still Top after 8 months! and here are some of my EE Articles
VMware Articles
I’ve been a little busy of late, writing articles for Experts-Exchange.com, which in the next few months will be releasing EE v.10 (new website version 10!).
But if you’ve been a little puzzled about what I’ve been doing, the following videos may help you understand about what Experts-Exchange.com is all about.
Site Administrator on What Makes EE Different from Experts Exchange on Vimeo.
Experts Exchange Senior Administrator on Community from Experts Exchange on Vimeo.
I think the other email was the Experts Exchange Community Newsletter, this is the Official email!
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