Comments on: Got the Job: Microsoft

By: Chris Muench

Chris Muench — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:03:04 +0000

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

By: Mike (SpikeZ)

Mike (SpikeZ) — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:29:11 +0000

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

Regards

By: Roger Stringer

Roger Stringer — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:34:42 +0000

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.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:18:53 +0000

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.

By: Gersitz

Gersitz — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:05:18 +0000

Hopefully you can make their company better. Congratulations.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:37:50 +0000

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?

By: Brendon Kozlowski

Brendon Kozlowski — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:27:34 +0000

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?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:24:09 +0000

Yep, I’m moving to Washington in April.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:12:38 +0000

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

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:56:25 +0000

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