Top Poster Ron Badour wrote:

I have been retired for 14 years and I do not make a living
doing computer work.

It was my impression that MVP's were "acredited" with that
designation based partly on the fact that they are employed
in the IT field.

Your impression is wrong--I retired from the Air Force and have
never worked in the IT field.

It's not that my impression is necessarily wrong. It's just wrong in
your case - and your case could be one out of a hundred.