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Microsoft Archive
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Karma is a Bitch
Posted on January 31, 2010 | No CommentsWhen 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... -
Moving to California – Two Years Later
Posted on December 7, 2009 | 6 CommentsI 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,... -
Adjusting to Life after Losing a Job
Posted on November 15, 2009 | No CommentsI 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... -
Race Matters
Posted on August 25, 2009 | 4 CommentsFound 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,... -
More Bing
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 1 CommentPromise 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... -
Bing Beats Google?
Posted on June 2, 2009 | 4 CommentsMicrosoft 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... -
Setting Goals
Posted on March 5, 2009 | No CommentsOnly 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... -
Government Jobs, A Double Edged Sword
Posted on January 27, 2009 | No CommentsI 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... -
Microsoft Layoffs, an Ex-Employee’s Perspective
Posted on January 22, 2009 | 4 CommentsJust 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... -
When Cuts Happen
Posted on December 18, 2008 | 2 CommentsLike 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...