Rabeb

Time to say Goodbye

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 10 Jun 2011

This is the last post for Career Factor, at least as a Career Factorian for the year 2011. So it has to be special and not about me! I feel blessed and lucky, thanks to career factor I had the most amazing 6 months in my life and I know I’m going to get more. The journey has been amazing thanks to those extraordinary people: Erwin Chan : I can’t...

Kinect Battle between Kevin and I

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 3 Jun 2011

A tour in the exhibition hall - TechEd North America 2011

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 23 May 2011

Career Factor in TechEd: the highlights

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 18 May 2011

Hello, The couple past few days were amazing, i can't even find words to describe it. So here are the highlights: * I met the career factor cast: those guys are GREAT, it's like we know each other since ever. * TechEd is AMAZING: this is my first time attending TechEd, it's a big event. I'm enjoying attending different sessions mostly...

Tips to have a great résumé !

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 28 Apr 2011

AS a senior student, you only think about one thing: am I going to get a job? Am I going to have a good opportunity? In order to achieve your dreams and get your gold opportunity, you do work hard, get certified… But if you don’t know how to present this work and keep the attention of employers, all your work goes for nothing So if you...

Good Things vs Bad Things

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 16 Apr 2011

Those notes were written just after failing in my exam. The bad thing is: I failed my 70-511 certification exam and I was so close to get it. I had 636 and I needed 700 to pass. The good thing is: I know the reasons of my failure. The bad thing is: Those same reasons I didn’t study well for my exam, I was too busy L The good thing is: I learn...

Career Factor: Rabeb Interview on IT Manager Connection Blog

Posted by erwinc on 15 Apr 2011

Stephen Ibaraki , a prominent interviewer on many different sites, interviewed Rabeb for the IT Manager Connection blog. Read more to learn what Rabeb says about her progress and about how certification has helped her during Career Factor. http://blogs.technet.com/b/cdnitmanagers/archive/2011/04/10/rabeb-othmani-microsoft-career-factor-idol-windows...

My Windows Phone Application Overview

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 25 Mar 2011

We are in week 10 in Career Factor and i didn’t write about my app yet!!! I was quite busy and I want to progress and fix things before telling you about the project. It was quite challenging to come up with an idea and be sure that it will work as a project. That’s why I asked for help, my friends and Career Factor followers are helping...

Work, Fun and Activities

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 22 Mar 2011

Hello dear Followers , I’ am so sorry for not updating you for long time. But I have been busy lately. Last week was amazing, although very tiring. Community work: Last Sunday, I delivered my first online session (I talked about it in my last post), I talked about Windows Phone7 for absolute beginners and students seem to like it. The session...

Another busy week

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 9 Mar 2011

Hello dear Career Factor followers, You didn’t hear from me since a while. Sorry for that. But I have been busy. This week is going to be a CRAZY week as well!! I’m working on my app, of course, and studying for cert exams. I will be talking about Windows Phone 7 on my first online session for Palestinian IT Professional’s User Group...

24...This time the show is by Microsoft

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 18 Feb 2011

The past 24 hour I attended the Microsoft Certified Career Conference. For those who have no idea about this virtual event you should know that: The Microsoft Career Conference is a 24-hour virtual event in which you can: *meet potential employers. *hone your technical skills. *acquire job- seeking skills. *Network with fellow professionals. *glean...

I'm in love with my new WP7 phone

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 14 Feb 2011

Last week, i got an LG-E900 which is a phone with a WP7 OS. In fact, Windows Phone7 phones are not in the Tunisian market yet, it was planned to be on the first trimester of 2011 but I don’t know if it still the case. Let’s hope for that. You might be wondering from where I got my phone :D. If you have read my Bio, and I hope so, you would...

It's all about Learning...

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 8 Feb 2011

Hello Reader, I had Lots of things to do the past week, mainly choosing my learning path. But before talking about the Books and the E-learning, I want to talk about another way for learning which I consider as important as books. It’s the Human Experience!! If you take a look to all blog posts, you will notice that every Career Factor Finalist...

Learn, Study and Work !!

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 26 Jan 2011

First week is over!!! And it was a great week: new followers on twitter, new friends on FB. People are curious about Career Factor; they want to know how I made it to be one of THE nine. So basically, first week was just for showing off and now the real work starts. The real challenge is to know exactly what I want to do next; it’s obvious I need...

Me, Myself and Career Factor !

Posted by othmani.rabeb on 25 Jan 2011

Hum!! My First Blog post…i should give a good impression!! Should it be very professional?? Or may be funny?? No maybe I just have to be sincere!! Let me first tell you a little bit about me. I’m Rabeb; Rabeb is an Arabic name referring to an old musical instrument, given to me by my lovely mom. I ‘am a senior computer engineering...

May 1: Rabeb chats with her friend who competed in the Imagine Cup software design:

March 30: Rabeb shows us her Windows Phone 7 app!

February 28: Rabeb updates us on her finals and her next steps with her app

February 23: Rabeb takes us around her workplace at the Microsoft Innovation Center in Tunisia

February 22: Ben Lower of the Windows Phone 7 team welcomes Rabeb

January 31: Dana Calleja of the Microsoft Certified Career Conference invites Neil and the rest of the Career Factor participants to attend

Rabeb's Introduction Video

My Blog

Rabeb's Goal: Develop and release a Windows Phone 7 app to the Marketplace

Learning Plans

Books and e-books provided by Microsoft Press

Practice exams from MeasureUp

Other Resources Used

Learn at your own pace with online training
Microsoft Certified Career Conference - an online, 24 hour event that combines training sessions on Microsoft technologies and career skills along with a virtual fair with companies offering IT jobs
Visit the Microsoft Developer Network to find development resources, training, references, blogs, forums, the MSDN Magazine, MSDN Subscriptions, and more.
- Visit the App Hub for Windows Phone and Xbox 360
Developer-focused videos from Channel 9
Microsoft Tunisia - Microsoft Innovation Centre
Windows Phone Developer Blog

Rabeb Othmani

Rabeb is a senior computer engineering student at The Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (FST). She specializes in User Experience Technologies including Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Phone 7, in addition to C# and .NET Technologies.

Recently, she has been working at the Microsoft Innovation Center Tunisia where she coordinates programs such as DreamSpark and WebsiteSpark. She has been employed as an intern for Cyberesa.Net focusing on Windows Phone 7 applications development.

She has been recognized as a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) for the last two years (2009/2010 and 2010/2011). Additionally, she is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in .Net Framework 2.0, .Net Framework 3.5 and Windows Presentation Foundation.

Rabeb excelled at the Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup 2010, where she won the local finals in Tunisia and participated in the international finals in Warsaw, Poland.

She is passionate about new technologies and aims to improve her professional knowledge and communication skills throughout her professional career. She is ambitious and loves new challenges. She is an avid proponent of social media and shares her stories and experiences with others. You can read more about her experiences with Silverlight and WPF on her blog: http://rabeb.wordpress.com/.



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