Life as a Developer

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Microsoft Picnic '06

Every year, Microsoft schedules a weekend or the company picnic. I've never remembered to go before this year, so it was my first time there.

Several dozen busses showed up at the campus, and ferried everyone to a huge field an hour away. They handed out around five sheets of text, covered with activities that could be gone to, including RC racing, performance artists, rock climbing, bungee jumping, casinos, mystics tents, volleyball, Bingo, raffles, and loads more. Overall a very family friendly day of fun.


The food court was insane. Above you see something like 20+ locations you could pick up ice cream, burgers, chicken sandwiches, ribs, brownies, watermelon, etc. The picture covers probably 1/5th of the venue.

Of course, there was plenty of refreshments, too:

All set in the midst of an incredible view...

Published Thursday, July 27, 2006 2:14 PM by Tom Mathews

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Several Microsoft employees have posted remarks about their annual company picnic and while I could...
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