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August 2005 - Posts

Registration time -- what courses should I take?

Posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:03 AM by steven_sinofsky
As one of the interns was heading off for his final year, we talked about what courses he is taking. There’s a general question of “what computer science courses best prepare you to be a professional programmer [at a place like Microsoft]”. I admit to Read More...
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Chrysler has interns redesign the Jeep

Posted Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:23 PM by steven_sinofsky
I was just reading a WSJ article (WSJ subscription required) on Chrysler asking interns to design the Jeep of the future. This is most certainly a cool intern project in that you get to be as creative as you can be and one that has clearly not been a Read More...
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Have a great semester and welcome to Microsoft ...

Posted Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:37 AM by steven_sinofsky
Most of our interns have packed up and headed back to school. Fall semester is always a magical time at university -- the sense of renewal, the good weather, seeing all your classmates. Have a great semester! We'll see many of you returning as full time Read More...
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congratulations Will -- final project presentation

Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:44 PM by steven_sinofsky
Today Will, one of our interns from the Boston area did a demo of his summer's project. He did a great job and the project ended up quite good. He had a lot to learn this summer as he had to wrap himself around Office "12" and learn the ins and outs of Read More...
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Intern culture -- two great video examples

Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 8:51 PM by steven_sinofsky
Just wanted to point folks to two great views of intern culture caught on video. On Channel9 you can find interviews with a bunch of interns in real-world discussion. On iFilm, a group of interns chose to document their summer by creating a most unique Read More...
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Learning as an engineer -- rising from the ashes of failed projects

Posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:38 PM by steven_sinofsky
Recently a senior program manager asked me for some reading suggestions and I wanted to share a book that had a big impact on how I view projects that I have worked on. The book is called " To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Read More...
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Intern last days: cool projects and fun photos

Posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:24 PM by steven_sinofsky
The interns are starting to return back to school. We had an amazing group of interns this year from over 50 different schools. About half are going to be seniors and the other half are going to be juniors or sophomores. The projects folks work on are Read More...
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Oopsie -- anonymous comments turned on

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:57 AM by steven_sinofsky
Anonymous comments are now enabled. Sorry about that! --Steven Read More...
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Do you have to be a computer science major to work on Microsoft products? NO you don't.

Posted Monday, August 08, 2005 4:40 PM by steven_sinofsky
A potential intern sent me the following question: While my major is computer related, I'm afraid it's not technical enough to assure that I become a competitive candidate. So I'm wondering what you would say are the core technologies candidates should Read More...
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Tracking code "churn" -- cool intern project

Posted Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:37 AM by steven_sinofsky
Our interns are wrapping up over the next few weeks. The projects that interns work on are critical parts of shipping Office and this year is no exception. We’ve had our interns hard at work on getting ready for beta this fall. A big part of the internship Read More...
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