October 2007 - Posts
Kids of Microsoft employees have it quite easy. Not too long ago I had to run from house to house out in the cold only to discover half the time no one was home or it was the old lady who only gave out dimes or it was a “Can’t college students just buy
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I do a lot of recruiting and tech fest trips. I look at these times off of work as mini vacations. I get to travel to new places or back to old places and see friends from school. I get to use the company credit card to buy food, hotel and rental car
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An ironically little known fact is that the PowerPoint and Office Graphics teams are more famous than most movie stars. It’s not because of our awesome physiques, or sexy smiles or even because our autographed pictures show up on eBay. It’s because more
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What’s awesome about working for a company? Free recruiting trips back to school. For those at RIT I will be there next Tuesday. 1) NTID Career Fair (10:30a-5p) 2) Event with SSE at Atrium in Gollisano (6-8pm)
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...has never been easier to spot . Pretty freakin' sweet.
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Sometimes, the reward of your investigation is finding out someone else has to do the hard job of actually fixing the problem. The Background The bug I was tasked with solving was this: Add a word to a shape, double click the text, do this specific operation
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There’s a sub shop I routinely visit that irks me. The food is good, but the layout is terrible. You go to the right side of the counter under the “Order Here” sign and look up to see what’s available. But alas! The menu is posted on the wall near the
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I had a great time meeting people at Cornell and Columbia this past week. Answered a bunch of questions about PowerPoint, Office Graphics and just Microsoft work life in general. It’s amazing how tired your tongue can get after 3 hours of straight talking
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