*Note: This is a guest article by Brooke York for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely her own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Are you passionate about technology and being a part of an organization that impacts businesses and people around the world? Are you interested...

*Note: This is a guest article by Todor Batchvarov for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely his own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. You are about to make one of the most important decisions in your life. Choose a career. You are few months from graduation or a few years...

*Note: This is a guest article by Paul Kotylo for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely his own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Before I begin: The past year and a half of my life have been extraordinary.  I’ve met people I never thought I’d meet, made friends that...

*Note: This is a guest article by Ke Chen for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely her own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Ever since I can remember, people have asked me what I wanted to be when I so-called “grew up.” I hated that question. Up until the age of eight...

*Note: This is a guest article by Rick Seeger for the Spotlight on MACH series.  The writing is entirely his own.  No edits, other than formatting, have been made. The one time he opted to travel by turtle instead of plane; this didn’t sit well with the client. I spent 147 nights in hotels...

*Note: This is a guest article by Tim Bennett for the Spotlight on MACH series. The writing is entirely his own. No edits, other than formatting, have been made. Love technology, but don’t want to be pigeonholed into a specific technology or sit behind a computer screen coding?  Want more face-to...

Last week I graduated from the Microsoft Academy of College Hires (MACH).  Prior to joining Microsoft, I didn’t realize there were so many roles at Microsoft apart from developers on a product team, even though I’d interned at Microsoft and other software companies while in college. MACH facilitates...

Round 1 submission deadlines for concept designs are rapidly approaching, so get in your great ideas! The Imagine Cup Challenges are open to students from all over the world:          Kinect Fun Labs Challenge   (deadline: March 6)         ...

Developer Camps (DevCamps for short) are free, fun, no-fluff events for developers, by developers. You learn from experts in a low-key, interactive way and then get hands-on time to apply what you’ve learned.  Where else can you get so much good stuff all in a day?  DevCamp may even have Disneyland...

*Note: This is the content for a talk for students at UCLA. I was always overwhelmed by all the advice I got in college, so I aim to simplify the message I want to get across when I speak to students.  Because it’s fairly easy to remember three things, here are three important tips that I find useful...

The finalists for the Imagine Cup by Microsoft have been chosen! The Imagine Cup challenges students from around the world to use their imagination and technology skills to solve the world’s toughest problems. Visit http://on.fb.me/2011ImagineCup and vote for your favorite team today! You can...