RLE was a phenomenal event last wkend. Coming straight from India late on Friday - I was jetlagged (not to mention the mental angst that I had to go through at the Delhi Airport since they were shooting at the airport when i was there. No not the shooting with the camera kind). Jetlag aside - I got sick. A generous dosage of Nyquil through Saturday and some redbull helped my interactions at RLE a little more preppy than I thought was possible given my health. Ofcourse the success of RLE had a lot to do with the awesome team that runs Firenze, my health condition was a total non-event, as everyone totally pushed the bar on the experience.

The students were asked to "Expect Great Things" right from the onset - after all everyone loves challenges. The students came in looking for a case competition final, what they found was a topsy turve roller coaster ride that changed course throughout the day. What started with speeches ended in beer, cocktails and an open bar. When students thought they would get to Meet Norm Judah (CTO Microsoft Services) over lunch - they got him for an entire day at times as a team member. When was the last time I had that in my work at Microsoft? How about .... NEVER?

It will take me atleast a week to get into the granular details of the events, so I have asked the students who went through the experience to give us their summaries in their own words, after all what better way to get a prospective Microsoft employee to get into the groove than voicing their opinions with substantial reasoning *hint hint*.

While I make all of you wait for the summaries, recaps - I thought it fit to share this photo of our MC for the evening of the RLE. The "Divine" Mason who is looking for a part in SNL but pays her bills with her dayjob at HR@Microsoft .