Just mentioning for those that did not know I have a new title. 
I am is the Autodesk Platform Technology Evangelist and a user of many Autodesk products with time spent in a design seat as a customer.
My job is to listen and speak with customers about what they use, like, and dislike as well as speed bumps in their current workflow that we might be able to help solve together. I also research problems and work with testing and development teams to isolate the potential problems. I also get the geek task of keeping an eye on technology and communicating direct to product managers and the development teams.
I am still the manager of the betas for all Autodesk products hosted on http://myfeedback.autodesk.com and have been for many years so I have contact and experience with all Autodesk product and technology teams and their customers.
I just wanted to clear up my title change confusion and what it really meant.
Cheers,
Shaan
I saw your “current position” change on LinkedIn and thought you must need one of those fancy foldout business cards to fit that title on!
Hi Shaan
Congratulations on the new job… does that mean you get a nice pay rise, new company car, the office in the corner with the nice view, 10 weeks holiday per year plus benefits and share options?
Just kidding, keep up the good work, all the very best.
John
Congratulations Shaan! You are perfect for that job, which it seems to me you were already doing anyway. You are perfectly qualified for that position. You rock!!
Thank you for the nice comments. In reality the major change is limiting my focus from running betas to more technology and customer while remaining connected to development and product management. Nate Bartley will be the Beta Dewd running myfeedback.autodesk.com.
No fancy company car
No raise
No increase in holiday vacation
And I am Not in Sales or Marketing
Just more time to focus on platform products and the customer.
Cheers,
Shaan
Technology Evangelista 😉