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Next steps for blogging...

Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:00 AM by steven_sinofsky
Greetings, I've recently changed jobs at Microsoft and decided that this would be a good time to take a break from external blogging. I started a blog inside the firewall (using the beta of SharePoint no less!) and am going to focus there for a while. Read More...
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Interns -- the intern experience in Office

Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:00 PM by steven_sinofsky
We’re actively hiring interns from the college campuses we visit. I wanted to use this as an opportunity to talk about what it is like to be an intern in Office. You can read about the specifics of the intern program on the intern web site: http://www.microsoft.com/college/ip_overview.mspx Read More...
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Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US

Posted Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:00 AM by steven_sinofsky
We're out there visiting a bunch of schools in the next few weeks. At each of these schools you will run into a senior member of the Office development team--we're representing all of Microsoft, not just Office, interviewing for full time and internships Read More...
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Dev (or SDE) at Microsoft

Posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:11 PM by steven_sinofsky
As we hit the college campuses for the second half of recruiting, it seemed like a good idea to pick up where we left off. Development at Microsoft Let's talk about development at Microsoft and what it is like to be a Software Design Engineer (or SDE Read More...
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Modern PM research techniques

Posted Monday, December 19, 2005 1:24 PM by steven_sinofsky
In a comment in the previous post there was a mention of maybe the PM role will go away with the advent of new technologies that make it easier to drive data directly to the developers. In particular there was a mention of Watson -- which is our online Read More...
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PM at Microsoft

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 3:16 PM by steven_sinofsky
While at Stanford this week I was asked by a number of PM (program manager) candidates to talk about the PM role at Microsoft. The PM role is unique to Microsoft and was actually created in response to developing software that is more usable and at the Read More...
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Thanks Stanford...

Posted Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:49 PM by steven_sinofsky
I had a great time at Stanford--though it was cold and cloudy :-) :-) Thanks everyone for taking the time to get together today. As I expected, the questions and discussion really kept me on my toes all day! I tip my hat to Dhyanesh and Greg for working Read More...
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Off to Stanford

Posted Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:08 PM by steven_sinofsky
I will be at Stanford on wednesday the 14th meeting with Develpment and Program Management hires. I'm definitely looking forward to the time so bring your tough questions! --Steven Read More...
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Ken Morse on advice for graduates

Posted Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:27 PM by steven_sinofsky
A few weeks ago I was on a panel discussion at Cyberposium 2005 . The panel's moderator was Ken Morse , a lecturer and managing director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center . Professor Morse has quite a lot of experience with startups in the technology Read More...
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Seattle: The Emerald City (Really!)

Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:04 AM by steven_sinofsky
It is not the heat, it is the humidity. -- David Letterman (ok not really, but it was a catch phrase for a while) No matter where you live, people can find a reason to complain about the weather (or is it weather forecasting?). Seattle is no different Read More...
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By the way ... Office "12" Beta 1 is live

Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:47 PM by steven_sinofsky
Just thought I'd let folks know that Office "12" Beta 1 went live today. We're pretty excited about the product and getting it into customer hands. Way to go team! Read More...
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The 100 hour work week: believe it or not?

Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:14 PM by steven_sinofsky
So how much and how hard do you have to work at Microsoft to be successful? I was asked this question by a graduating student who has an offer from Microsoft to be a software design engineer. Actually the question was "do I have to work 100 hours a week Read More...
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Release timing and Office products -- how fast is fast enough?

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:07 PM by steven_sinofsky
I've been asked quite a bit by people interviewing at Microsoft about "software release". This post will talk about our strategy around product releases for Office products, since we have been pretty consistent over the years and this represents a balance Read More...
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Highlights from Boston recruiting

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:50 PM by steven_sinofsky
The past couple of days have been busy with a round of presentations and discussions at MIT, Sloan business school, and Harvard College. I know folks are always super busy so I appreciate the time everyone took out of their busy schedules to meet on campus. Read More...
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This week -- visits to a couple of Boston area colleges

Posted Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:51 AM by steven_sinofsky
I will be visiting both Harvard and MIT this coming week. I look forward to meeting any students with a passion for software interested in working at Microsoft full time. MIT Wednesday Oct 19 @ Building 34, Room 101, Reception at 4:45pm, presentation Read More...
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