So I am interviewing with Microsoft on Wednesday...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

And the last name of the first guy I have to interview with is Scola.

Do you think I should open it up by asking him if he and Luis are related? :lol

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I'll agree with you there, but the devil pays very well :bling

[Samr]

Don't do it directly.

First, casually find out if he's a Spurs fan. This could be done a number of ways, including wearing a Spurs tie (If you don't have one, you are not a true Spurs fan). If he is, just start calling him "Luis" for the rest of the interview. He won't have the balls to correct you, so wait until he gets the joke.

[King]

...

[King]

Dude...don't wear a Spurs tie to a job interview. Carry a penant.

[timvp]

I still don't understand all the hate for Microsoft. I guess when you're on top..everybody wants to bring you down.

Let's see...

* Anti-competitive business practices

* Buys out threats, if they can't they just rip off the code

* Anytime anyone comes out with anything innovative, they steal it, make it a Windows feature, put the company out of business

* All their sorry ass proprietary formats that they won't let anyone else provide readers for

* The tag team of XP and IE are probably the most insecure pieces of shit software ever made

* 75% of all email is Spam. 90% of computers connected to the Internet have Spyware on them. MS has done nothing to deal with either of these problems, despite claiming to be the industry leader.

In short, they lie, they cheat, they steal, and they make shitty products. Gee, why would people ever dislike them?

About the only quality products they make are keyboards and mice.



Can't wait for the Google OS to roll out. Fuck Microsoft.

:spin

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The way I look at it...

* I won't be working on XP or Vista

* I won't be working on anything related to email

* I won't be working on anything related to IE

* I will be working on something completely new that no one else has on the market right now


Yeah I know, those are weak, but Big Brother is calling :lol

[Kori Ellis]

AHF = Sellout

[Das Texan]

big time sellout.

[timvp]

As long as AHF supplies SpursTalk with registration codes for Microsoft products, all will be forgotten.

:)

[Old School Chic]

AHF = Sellout

Yes, Indeed.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

AHF = Sellout

:depressed


what will u be doing then?

Working on a new software project, something that isn't out there right now (at least, to the best of my research) in any form.

I had to sign a NDA prior to getting the interview, so I can't even talk about it :/

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

As long as AHF supplies SpursTalk with registration codes for Microsoft products, all will be forgotten.

:lol

[ChumpDumper]

Contract or "real" employee?

[Old School Chic]

AHF,

I wish you the best! :elephant

[Vashner]

Na it's no sellout. They are good solid company.

Vista has a pixel shader / GPU driven 3d interface and directX 10 API's.

As far as Microsoft they just have a bad rap from people that don't know anything about computing. And no browsing a website or using a forum is not proof of guruship.

The Intel X86 instruction set has been public for years. You can order the books for it from Intel. What does that mean? Means that all these years anyone could of got off there lazy ass and wrote some new OS's. But they didn't.. Linix is a port of existing UNIX. Mac well.. they went X86 so they lost the war but they try to make commercials that lie about there loss.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Real employee. Actually the product I'd be working on is internal, but I could easily see it going public down the road.

I feel like the position is something I'm not quite ready for yet experience wise, but I'm going to give it a shot. They obviously saw something they liked to even invite me to Seattle...


AHF,

I wish you the best!

Thanks!

[HB22inSA]

Whatever you do, Aggie, don't tell them how much you bitch in a San Antonio Spurs message forum.

[T Park]

Good luck Aggie.


I don't understand the Microsoft hate either.


The more money you make, the more elpimpo communists are out there to hate you.

[SequSpur]

And the last name of the first guy I have to interview with is Scola.

Do you think I should open it up by asking him if he and Luis are related? :lol

Cool, maybe you can comeback and give us the inside info on the management structure and how they stick it to the man, kind've like Best Buy.

:lol

Seriously... Good Luck.

[ShoogarBear]

First Manny shops at Walmart.

Now AHF interviews at Microsoft.

What's next?

[Guru of Nothing]

I don't understand the Microsoft hate either.


The more money you make, the more elpimpo communists are out there to hate you.


Some people get bent out of shape over poor quality and deception.

Personally, I would not call them Communists.

[T Park]

pardon me.

Elpimpo calling people neocons and facists that vote conservative, is just his way of "venting"


right right..

Hes not liberal aka communist, what so ever.

[baseline bum]

Na it's no sellout. They are good solid company.

Vista has a pixel shader / GPU driven 3d interface and directX 10 API's.

As far as Microsoft they just have a bad rap from people that don't know anything about computing. And no browsing a website or using a forum is not proof of guruship.

The Intel X86 instruction set has been public for years. You can order the books for it from Intel. What does that mean? Means that all these years anyone could of got off there lazy ass and wrote some new OS's. But they didn't.. Linix is a port of existing UNIX. Mac well.. they went X86 so they lost the war but they try to make commercials that lie about there loss.

GNU/Linux is no port of UNIX. It's a complete re-write, and SCO is full of shit. Microsoft was great in the DOS days when they produced an affordable operating system for people who didn't need and could not afford a UNIX, but now they're jerking everyone around for $300 to have a buggy, bloated piece of software they don't own. Not that Linux is great on the desktop right now either... it's a joke how many stupid distros there are and how much they all vary. If Apple would drop their requirement that people use Apple hardware to run OSX I'm sure it would take a lot of Windows share since it has good hardware support and many fewer security holes.

Microsoft sucks because they don't try to make their software work well... it seems like they focus on adding stupid features that they can market instead of making the base product decent to begin with. Perhaps they should thoroughly and consistently audit their code the way OpenBSD does. Lord knows Bill has the money to do it.

[Vashner]

At Brooks we had MS DOS Z100's. No hard drive just 2 floppies :)

Like 5000 of them haha. MS old school.. pre windows.

[E20]

How is the pay AHF? Also, whats' your role? (like lead programmer or somethine else.)

[hussker]

At Brooks we had MS DOS Z100's. No hard drive just 2 floppies :)

Like 5000 of them haha. MS old school.. pre windows.


The word HAD tells me you are talking late 80's early 90's fellow oldtimer.

Those NICE old 8 inch screens with green text and black backgrounds. As I recall, Peach Texa and Harvard Graphics were the shit back then.

DINOSAURS! Bet the GEEK SQUAD could not figure THOSE machines out.

And we thought we had it all!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I'd be a project manager, pay is over 100K, not bad for second year out of school. :eyebrows

I am excited about the idea, mainly because I'll be on the cutting edge of what they're doing and have lots of creative design input, should be lots of fun.

Of course, I've got about 6 interviews to get through first :lol

[E20]

Damn, that is pretty sweet, I'm looking at 400 in cash money every month. Your alma mater was Texas A&M right :lol ? What did your resume look like because I know some people with the same field as you getting rejected over and over and over.

[Guru of Nothing]

I prefer i5/OS.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yep, Texas A&M. Really, I don't see anything that special about my resume. I guess that's part of some of the intrigue. The job description is way over my head, but they see something in there they like to show this amount of interest.

I'm just along for the ride at this point, really. I actually work in IT, but I'm working in an implementation specialist role right now. This job would be lead project development stuff.

Right now I'm treating it as a free trip to Seattle and a chance to see how I measure up, anything else (like the job) is a bonus.

[midgetonadonkey]

what will u be doing then?

wiping floors?

I would love to be a janitor for Microsoft. Excuse me, a custodian for Microsoft.

[pache100]

At Brooks we had MS DOS Z100's. No hard drive just 2 floppies :)

Like 5000 of them haha. MS old school.. pre windows.

We used to have those, too. But, when we got them, they were state of the art, :lol .

:depressed I've been around awhile.

[pache100]

The word HAD tells me you are talking late 80's early 90's fellow oldtimer.

Those NICE old 8 inch screens with green text and black backgrounds. As I recall, Peach Texa and Harvard Graphics were the shit back then.

DINOSAURS! Bet the GEEK SQUAD could not figure THOSE machines out.

And we thought we had it all!

Yes. We had the Harvard Graphics, but we used enable software. You may as well use a stylus and papyrus.

[Shelly]

Regardless of people's feelings about Microsoft, good luck with your interviews!

[lilmads]

My dream's to work for Microsoft... Or something to that extent...

Good luck with your interview AHF:)

[Slomo]

Good Luck!

I hope you get the job :tu







Then you can destroy the bastards from the inside :lol

[sa_butta]

First Manny shops at Walmart.

Now AHF interviews at Microsoft.

What's next?Mouse gets a job as the new Spurs Coyote.

[2Blonde]

Good Luck !!!

[Mixability]

a Spurs tie (If you don't have one, you are not a true Spurs fan).

If you do have one, you're a retard. :vomit :lol

[ShoogarBear]

Mouse gets a job as the new Spurs Coyote.

Everyone would think Reggie had gone on a diet.

[Slomo]

pardon me.

Elpimpo calling people neocons and facists that vote conservative, is just his way of "venting"


right right..

Hes not liberal aka communist, what so ever.TPark do you really think comunist=liberal?

Because comunism is probably the most non-liberal political system on this planet.

[T Park]

liberalism, in its form, the ideas and thoughts, spread by democrast, and far leftists, is quite similar to socialist, communist thinking.

That simple.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

liberalism, in its form, the ideas and thoughts, spread by democrast, and far leftists, is quite similar to socialist, communist thinking.

That simple.

Whoa, take that crap to some other thread! This is specifically set up for ridicule of me for giving in to Big Brother :lol

[baseline bum]

If you get the job can you ask Bill why hotmail servers run FreeBSD?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Sure... after I've been there a few years :lol

[Kdfelicity]

We wouldn't be talking transfer for that AHF, now would we? :p

[tlongII]

I hope you get the job AHF! Seattle is a great city. You will love the Pacific Northwest!

[SpursWoman]

Eh ... morality and righteousness don't pay the rent. :lol :lol



Good luck, AHF!

[jcrod]

I'd be a project manager, pay is over 100K, not bad for second year out of school. :eyebrows

I am excited about the idea, mainly because I'll be on the cutting edge of what they're doing and have lots of creative design input, should be lots of fun.

Of course, I've got about 6 interviews to get through first :lol


Cool, Project Managment is my profession. What type of managing are you doing now? Are you PMP certified?

[jcrod]

Yep, Texas A&M. Really, I don't see anything that special about my resume. I guess that's part of some of the intrigue. The job description is way over my head, but they see something in there they like to show this amount of interest.

I'm just along for the ride at this point, really. I actually work in IT, but I'm working in an implementation specialist role right now. This job would be lead project development stuff.

Right now I'm treating it as a free trip to Seattle and a chance to see how I measure up, anything else (like the job) is a bonus.


Should of responded to this. It sounds like we have similar jobs, where you located and who do you work for? PM if you don't want to post out in the open.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

and im edgin the railguard in my car

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

We wouldn't be talking transfer for that AHF, now would we?

Well well, look who's back from the dead :lol

Now I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger[/kanye] ;)

[AngryMan]

Man...sit yo' ass down and take the money and run. It is the American way.

[Kdfelicity]

Well well, look who's back from the dead :lol

Now I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger[/kanye] ;)


Awww...AHF....I thought we were closer than that... :depressed

Besides I don't like Kanye anyway...I'm a country girl myself.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I was just playin' :lol

Anyway, that position was waaaaaaaay over my head. Basically the equivalent of heading up development for Microsoft Word, but for a different product.

The recruiting chick has some other positions that she thinks I'd be a good fit for as well, so we'll see.

If you ever get a chance to interview with them, be prepared, it ain't no picnic!

[Harry Whittington]

Hey, you best make sure them fuckers have a cupple thangs...

1) AEDs
2) A NO GUN POLICY

[Kdfelicity]

I was just playin' :lol

Anyway, that position was waaaaaaaay over my head. Basically the equivalent of heading up development for Microsoft Word, but for a different product.

If you ever get a chance to interview with them, be prepared, it ain't no picnic!

Don't say that. You know you're a bad ass AHF.

Just FYI, I don't think elementary teachers just go and apply for Microsoft jobs... :lol

:princess

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

No argument there about the teacher comment :lol

The recruiter and I clicked and got along pretty well, and it was still the most brutal interview I've ever done.

And apparently that salary estimate I gave earlier in this thread was about six times too low for that job. :lol Woulda been nice!

[Kdfelicity]

No argument there about the teacher comment :lol

The recruiter and I clicked and got along pretty well, and it was still the most brutal interview I've ever done.

And apparently that salary estimate I gave earlier in this thread was about six times too low for that job. :lol Woulda been nice!

Clicked huh? I'm jealous...

So what's on the agenda next for you?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I have no idea. She's going to look through some other job descriptions and run my resume by some project managers for other projects, and give me a call after that.

In the meantime it's back to work :depressed

[Kdfelicity]

I thought you said you had vacation...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah, but May is sooooo far away right now. I'm going to Belize for a week :spin

[Kdfelicity]

Well that's good, you need it.

What'd you do for Valentines?

[The sone]

so when can we expect the free software to start rolling out?

[spurster]

Microsoft succeeded by making affordable software for affordable computers that was just good enough to get something done. One major problem has been that security and quality have been sacrificed for convenience, but all the security and quality in the world is no good if people can't use it. Another major problem is their monopoly status and their tendency to make you into a Microsoft junkie.

I like Linux myself, but you have to have a clue to use it effectively.