Got the Job: Microsoft

January 22 10 Comments Category: Personal

I just got a voice mail and e-mail from one of the Microsoft recruiters I interviewed with last week letting me know I have a job. They’re hiring me as an Application Developer. I’ll be writing both Windows and web applications with C#/ASP.NET and SQL server.

This is great news. Now I need to buy a C# book.

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  1. Congratulations! That is pretty nifty! Do you have to relocate?

    Jason 22 January 2007 at 8:56 pm Permalink

  2. An Xbox and a job, good deal! Congrats, Dan.

    Josh 22 January 2007 at 9:12 pm Permalink

  3. Yep, I’m moving to Washington in April.

    Dan 22 January 2007 at 10:24 pm Permalink

  4. Congratulations! I’ll now have to wonder how your blog content will change due to this (non-disclosure, lack of time, etc…). At least now with an XBox you might have slightly more in common with the other developers. ;) Halo 3 Developers’ LAN party, anyone?

    Brendon Kozlowski 23 January 2007 at 9:27 am Permalink

  5. This is great, congrats Dan. I would really recommend the SitePoint asp.net 2.0 book. I may be partial because i have some credits in the book, but the author really did a great job of presenting the info. c# is my language of choice; i think you will definitely like it. Well done!

    Are they helping pick up the tab with relocating you? seattle isnt exactly a low-cost of living area. Is this a full time job or an internship? if its an internship, how long will it be for?

    Sara 23 January 2007 at 9:37 am Permalink

  6. Hopefully you can make their company better. Congratulations.

    Gersitz 23 January 2007 at 10:05 am Permalink

  7. It’s an internship for 6 months from April to September. I will finish the last 3/4 of a year of my degree after that. Yeah, they do pay for the relocation and I hear about $500/month towards rent on top of the salary (which is really nice itself). They’ll be assigning me a personal relocation assistant shortly to give me the details and help me find a place to live, whether it’s Microsoft’s corporate housing or some place in Seattle, it’s up to me.

    I’m lucky my lease on the apartment I live in now ends June 1st, and I paid the last month up front, so I’ll only be paying one month of rent after I move out.

    Dan 23 January 2007 at 12:18 pm Permalink

  8. Congrats Dan,

    I know you’ve been working hard at this field, so Microsoft internship should be fun.

    Washington is a beautiful state too. We’ve done a few trips to Redmond and Seattle from up here in the Okanagan. Better make sure you have a camera on hand if you decide to do some exploring the area.

    Roger Stringer 25 January 2007 at 4:34 pm Permalink

  9. Way to go Dan!
    Congratulations on landing the internship, hope it all works out for you

    Regards

    Mike (SpikeZ) 25 January 2007 at 6:29 pm Permalink

  10. That is great news Dan. I love your w3counter service and use it for multiple websites. Keep up the good work :)

    Chris Muench 11 February 2007 at 4:03 pm Permalink

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