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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>An Empathetic Listener : Students</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Students/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Students</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>How Can I Get A Job Like That!</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/2009/07/07/how-can-i-get-a-job-like-that.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:34:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9822539</guid><dc:creator>Dan Willis</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/comments/9822539.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9822539</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Most people with ANY job today are happy and I would certainly include myself in that category. However, there are jobs that have inherent “opportunities” – for adventure, fulfillment, etc. (you get the picture)… Joe Wilson, a Senior Director in the Academic Evangelism organization for Microsoft has one of those jobs. Joe is one of many people working on the 2009 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imaginecup.com"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Imagine Cup&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt; awards show in EGYPT!&amp;#160; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Clint/Joe-Wilson-Imagine-Cup-2009-Video-Diary-9/"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Check out his video&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt; for yourself.&amp;#160; I was struck by the juxtaposition of the technology of putting on a modern event with the technology inherent in the pyramids in the background. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;A bit of background on the Imagine Cup… Now in its seventh year, the Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition focused on finding solutions to real-world issues. The competition encourages the world's most talented software designers, programmers, game developers, photographers and filmmakers to tackle the toughest problems facing the world today.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Over 200,000 technology students around the world competed in the 2008 competition. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Do you want:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;To contribute your talents to tackling some of the toughest problems facing us today-and maybe even turn your ideas into a business one day? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;To learn new technology skills and test yourself against the brightest students on the planet? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;To make new friends from around the world? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;The chance to win cash prizes, internships at Microsoft, and even a free trip to Cairo, Egypt this July for the Worldwide Finals? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;Since 2002, the Imagine Cup has been challenging the world's brightest students to step up and make a difference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Calibri"&gt;We're the world's premier student technology competition and we invite you to join us!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9822539" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Motivation/default.aspx">Motivation</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Contests/default.aspx">Contests</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Organization/default.aspx">Organization</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Vision/default.aspx">Vision</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Interoperability/default.aspx">Interoperability</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/tags/Students/default.aspx">Students</category></item></channel></rss>