tl;dr: As of last week, I am now a Software Engineer at Microsoft. My path to becoming a Program Manager at Microsoft was both unforeseen (by me) and entirely conventional. Until my early teens, my plan was to be this guy: I went to Space Camp and Space Academy, and spent years devouring endless booksContinue reading “A New Era: PM -> SWE”
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My Next Opportunity
This is the farewell email I sent to my Edge teammates yesterday. IWebBrowser3::BeforeNavigate() When I left the Internet Explorer team in 2012 to work on Fiddler full-time, I did so with a measure of heartbreak, absolutely certain that I would never be quite as good at anything else. When I came back to the EdgeContinue reading “My Next Opportunity”
Thoughts on Impact
In this post, I talk a lot about Microsoft, but it’s not only applicable to Microsoft. It’s once again “Connect Season” at Microsoft, a biannual-ish period when Microsoft employees are tasked with filling out a document about their core priorities, key deliverables, and accomplishments over the past year, concluding with a look ahead to theirContinue reading “Thoughts on Impact”
Back Home
I rejoined Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager for the web networking team on June 4th, 2018. I’m delighted to be back working with lots of old friends from my Internet Explorer days, as well as lots of new folks who’ve joined while I’ve been pursuing other adventures.
Google Chrome–Two(ish) Years In
My first year (2016) on Chrome was both exciting and challenging. Beyond the expected firehose of new things to learn, and foreseen challenges (a second son!), there were unforeseen challenges, like working as a SWE instead of a Developer Advocate, and a long illness. Overall, my second year (2017) on Chrome was a bit smoother– IContinue reading “Google Chrome–Two(ish) Years In”
My Next Adventure
Back in 2004, I couldn’t get the tiny IE team interested in fixing caching bugs that were causing my team’s website to break in bizarre and unpredictable ways. I figured I’d hop over there, fix some bugs, and move along. I quickly realized that I was hopelessly in love with browsers in general and securityContinue reading “My Next Adventure”
Segue
My last day at Telerik is December 31st, 2015. More soon…