Today I will share with you both my journey and my indescribable joy. 

I joined the champions, when I was an intern and I was still a student at the university. At that time there were only 2 SolidWorks champions in Turkey. I was the third champion. Then I got a job in the company where I did my internship. 

Later in the journey, I became the first 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Student champion in the world, and then I became the ENOVIA champion.

Yesterday I received an email with a from Mr. ​​​​​​​@MK and I found out that I won the Elite Application Engineer award. As Mr. Manish said, it is a great honor and pride to be one of the 87. 

I have always created new dreams for myself, turned these dreams into goals and worked hard to realise them. My battle has always been with myself. I have always tried to surpass the previous Rıdvan and I will continue to do so every day. 

To become Elite, you need to successfully pass many exams. You need to spend a serious time to learn many new programmes that you do not know. Since my Elite AE journey started in a short period of time, I was racing against time, which could stress me out. In this process, it is really important that the people around you give you morale and make you believe that you can do it. I would like to thank my friend @HB for powering me in this process. 

Throughout my journey, I met great people who gave me different perspectives and supported me. I have a long list. Thank you to all of them.

As Aamir Khan said in the movie 3 idots: Strive for perfection, then success will chase you. 

Always strive for excellence and do it with passion.