Microsoft Archive

  • When I was at Microsoft, I worked on the billing system for my product.  This was mostly an integration effort with another Microsoft team that specialized in payments.   One of...

    Karma is a Bitch

    When I was at Microsoft, I worked on the billing system for my product.  This was mostly an integration effort with another Microsoft team that specialized in payments.   One of...

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  • I recently got a message from this blog asking me if, two years later, I thought it was worth it to move back to California. Before I get into this,...

    Moving to California – Two Years Later

    I recently got a message from this blog asking me if, two years later, I thought it was worth it to move back to California. Before I get into this,...

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  • I was reading an article about people who failed to adjust their life after losing a job.  The article focuses on those who thought they could maintain their lifestyle because...

    Adjusting to Life after Losing a Job

    I was reading an article about people who failed to adjust their life after losing a job.  The article focuses on those who thought they could maintain their lifestyle because...

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  • Found this on news.com.  It seems Microsoft changed the look of one of the people pictured on its website.  The controversy stems from the fact that on its Polish website,...

    Race Matters

    Found this on news.com.  It seems Microsoft changed the look of one of the people pictured on its website.  The controversy stems from the fact that on its Polish website,...

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  • Promise to not make this a Bing blog but just wanted to write a few more comments on what I thought.  I spent my first full day using Bing and...

    More Bing

    Promise to not make this a Bing blog but just wanted to write a few more comments on what I thought.  I spent my first full day using Bing and...

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  • Microsoft released its new search engine Bing.  All I can say is that I’m pleasantly surprised.  I’m trying to use Bing as my default search engine just to try it...

    Bing Beats Google?

    Microsoft released its new search engine Bing.  All I can say is that I’m pleasantly surprised.  I’m trying to use Bing as my default search engine just to try it...

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  • Only a quick post tonight because I’m busy doing what I’m about to blog about, setting goals for my team and for myself. It is an odd to set goals...

    Setting Goals

    Only a quick post tonight because I’m busy doing what I’m about to blog about, setting goals for my team and for myself. It is an odd to set goals...

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  • I was talking to a friend recently who was lamenting her government job.  It was not that she was particularly disgruntled with her job, it was just that she felt...

    Government Jobs, A Double Edged Sword

    I was talking to a friend recently who was lamenting her government job.  It was not that she was particularly disgruntled with her job, it was just that she felt...

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  • Just this Morning, Microsoft announced that it was going to layoff 5000 employees.  This is the first time in history that Microsoft has ever had a layoff and it really...

    Microsoft Layoffs, an Ex-Employee’s Perspective

    Just this Morning, Microsoft announced that it was going to layoff 5000 employees.  This is the first time in history that Microsoft has ever had a layoff and it really...

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  • Like many companies, my company recently announced a scaling back of certain employee benefits.  Some of them were quite significant, like the suspension of our 401K matching.  Some of them...

    When Cuts Happen

    Like many companies, my company recently announced a scaling back of certain employee benefits.  Some of them were quite significant, like the suspension of our 401K matching.  Some of them...

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