Erik Porter has accepted a position at Microsoft on the Evangelism team for Channel9, Microsoft Gadgets, etc.

Erik is a co-author of a couple of VB.Net books, a VB.Net MVP, an ASPInsider, VP of his local user group, a great idea man and a good friend in general.  Oddly enough though, he currently lives in a steel mill and has no idea who Derek Jeter is.  He is also 1/6th of project FAZR, soon to be only a silent partner.  I’ve only known Erik for about 4 months or so, but it seems I have had daily conversations with him, and hope to get to keep having conversations with him in the future.

I want to with the best of luck to my friend Erik and I know he’ll be an awesome addition to the team at Microsoft.

Also, the Channel 9 Team is still hiring.