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It was an awesome honor to be asked to be a guest judge for Be The Next Microsoft Employee. As noted in previous blogs on Be The Next , this is a great way to show the type of questions and problems we regularly face as Microsoft employees. For more information, check out the show’s website or...

Buck Woody and I set out to provide our contestants with a challenging, real world security scenario. With security being foremost on everyone’s mind these days, we felt that this was a very key scenario for which our contestants needed to demonstrate mastery not only of the basics, but some more...

The second challenge is live! Mike won the first one, and Stacy, Alex and Chris have weighed in on what they did wrong. Let’s see if they learned from their mistakes this week: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/bethenext.aspx You know, this thing might just take off. KOMO...

Have you ever wanted to work at Microsoft? A few weeks ago I was approached to help with a very fun project – something you might not see at other tech companies. The idea was a reality show that brought together four contestants for a very unique set of challenges, that I would help design...

I like working here. I’ve worked a lot of places, and lots of kinds of places, from small startups to huge organizations, the military, at the Kennedy Space Center, medical companies, manufacturing, and service industries. I’ve been in a technical role, but I’ve been a manager a...

I am absolutely giddy about the premiere of Microsoft Learning’s web-based reality show, Be the Next Microsoft Employee ! I know you'll enjoy watching the show along with me. Contestants are sharpening their SQL skills; Judges are prepping the (incredibly hard) challenges; and you can get to...