Job News
Yesterday, I was offered a paid summer internship as a SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test; a tester) with the Windows Live Communications team (who run Hotmail, Messenger, Calendar, and other services) which is based in Mountain View, California on Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus. (Yes, the campus is a couple of blocks down from Google's headquarters; I'm actually sitting on a Google beanbag right now in the airport advertising their free wifi, which I am using to write this message).
I was sent an email two weeks ago that I was selected for second-round interviews, Microsoft arranged my flights from RDU; I left early Thursday morning, had four 45-minute interviews in a row yesterday morning (and then they gave me the news about an hour later), and as I mentioned above, I'm flying back now.
It's all pretty exciting--the people I met at Microsoft were all very nice, smart, and doing cool stuff. Five years ago, I thought of Microsoft more as the evil empire, and now I'm really excited about doing an internship with them this summer. Interesting how things change...
I'll be getting more details, be able to pick a starting time for my 12-week internship, and can sign all the official paperwork sometime soon. It's all still a bit crazy for me.
I was sent an email two weeks ago that I was selected for second-round interviews, Microsoft arranged my flights from RDU; I left early Thursday morning, had four 45-minute interviews in a row yesterday morning (and then they gave me the news about an hour later), and as I mentioned above, I'm flying back now.
It's all pretty exciting--the people I met at Microsoft were all very nice, smart, and doing cool stuff. Five years ago, I thought of Microsoft more as the evil empire, and now I'm really excited about doing an internship with them this summer. Interesting how things change...
I'll be getting more details, be able to pick a starting time for my 12-week internship, and can sign all the official paperwork sometime soon. It's all still a bit crazy for me.