Back to the plan… which doesn’t include MS

July 29, 2007

I’m making the decision now before thinking about it wastes any more of my time. Indecision and anxiety takes a huge mental toll on me — it always has. I prefer to be sure about the future and have as little on my mind as possible. That drives many of the decisions I make, [...]

Dot-com 2.0: Attracting and retaining IT workers

July 4, 2007

It really does feel like the 90s again, and this time I’m old enough to be in the workforce. IT workers are in high demand while their numbers drop, leading companies to return to jeans and bean bag environments to keep us happy. My employer’s working hard on perks to keep morale up as [...]

Microsoft Interviews: I Won an Xbox 360!

January 16, 2007

I finally had the last of this round of interviews — my first attempt to find a coop job for April through September to finish the work experience requirement of my degree at Drexel. I met with two really nice people from Microsoft in the morning. First, a recruiter for the IT department that [...]