dix-huit ans aujourd'hui = 18 pounds! - frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger - Site Home

1991 was a big year for me.

I got married.

I bought a house.

My first child was born

AND

I joined Microsoft on May 20, 1991

Today marks my 18th year anniversary at Microsoft.

They say 18 is the age of maturity, and Wikipedia lists some great age 18 milestones! I wont list them here, but you can guess where I’m going….

One fact about 18 which I really love is that 18, aside from 0, is the only number that equals twice the sum of its decimal digits – cool huh?.

Today I am following in the Microsoft tradition which dictates that I bring in a pound of M&Ms for each year that I’ve been an employee.

Yes, that’s a lot of M&M’s!! (over 8KG for you metric folks)

As I have done for the past few years (17, 16. 15, 14, 13), time to reflect a bit on my time at Microsoft. Yes, I still love the job.

The resume hasn’t changed that much over the year, apart from a title adjustment

May 1991	Sep 1993	Microsoft Canberra, working as a Systems Engineer
Sep 1993	Aug 1994	Microsoft Corp, @ Executive Briefing Center
Aug 1994	Oct 1995	Microsoft Corp, in the Advanced Technology Group, working on Interactive TV
Nov 1995	May 1997	Microsoft Australia, MSN Technical Director
Jun 1997	Jun 1999	ninemsn CTO
Jun 1999	May 2001	Microsoft Region, Digital Media dude
May 2001	Aug 2007	Microsoft Australia, Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE)
Aug 2007	Current	Microsoft Corp, Director – DPE Field Community & Readiness

I’m leading a team of great guys and we are focusing on helping the DPE folks around the world, who do the real work, day in and day out. I do miss the customer interaction bit, getting up on stage, doing the press interviews.

My guys are on twitter (as am I, @frankarr) so why not follow the exploits of @orco & @jldavid too !!

Ok, time to share those M&Ms

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