WM Geek Fun (PM+SDE/T match wits with a smart SDE)
If you read the Windows Mobile Team Blog, you've probably seen posts from our brilliant Software Design Engineer Luis Cabrera. He's one of the smartest people in the team. In fact, Luis is so smart that he uses complex mathematical patterns for his device PIN, while the rest of us prefer silly PINs like 1111 or 1234.
My coworker JJ recently needed to borrow a device from Luis and realized it was PIN locked. When we asked him for the PIN he simply told us to refer to the hint. And the hint was:
See, Luis really is smarter (and less lazy) than the rest of us. So JJ (a mere SDE/T) and I (a mere PM) had to spend a few minutes plus a couple million brain cells calculating the first 4 digits of the Fibonacci series just to use Luis' device. Whew. When it was time to return his device we decided to get even and changed the PIN. And what did we change it to?
Who said Microsoft PMs and SDE/Ts can't be as smart as SDEs? :)
Oh, and when Luis saw the hint, he actually asked us, "should I round up or round down?" Priceless!
