Entries tagged 'campus'
Building 4 remodel makes room for The Garage
By any stretch of the imagination building 4 on our main campus in Redmond is old. It was one of the first buildings occupied by Microsoft when we moved here in 1986. Bill Gates even had his first office here overlooking the pond we now affectionately refer to as Lake Bill. So it only seems natural that it was time for this building to undergo an extensive remodel. And even more fitting that, the very place where Microsoft started off, is now home to our grass roots innovation incubator called The Garage.Now, thanks to our friends over at Channel 9, you get to have a first-hand video tour of the changes that were made to building 4. What goes into making a building functional, enjoyable and tailor-made for kick starting creativity? John Snavely gives Channel 9’s Nic Fillingham a tour of the transformed workspaces that some ‘Softies now call their home away from home.
If you are interested in opportunities working in building 4 or any of our other locations, make sure to apply for open positions at Microsoft Careers.
Campus tours show off unique spaces
There might be the perception out there that Microsoft is a digital fortress that houses dimly lit offices and cubbyholes where zombie employees zone out coding all day while drinking mass quantities of free soda. Nothing could be further from the truth! Well okay we do drink free soda, but we’ve also developed some pretty interesting and aesthetically pleasing work environments that support the creativity of ‘Softies as they work on innovative and technologically diverse products.One way to experience these spaces and places is by taking this campus tour with our friend Steve Clayton over at Next at Microsoft. He just completed a series of tours showing off some of our more unique work areas on our Redmond Campus.After taking a revealing look at the seldom shown Microsoft Home , he pulls back the covers on his own unique work space before taking us over to the Microsoft Model Shop. This is arguably one of the coolest places on our campus where they produce prototype hardware for products such as the Arc Mouse.Go behind the scenes at Xbox
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Xbox? C'mon, everybody has… haven't they?
Just before Kinect launched late last year, Tina from Channel9 teamed up with Xbox's Larry Hryb (AKA Major Nelson) to get the inside scoop on the day-to-day behind the global phenomenon that is Xbox.Check out our video tour of where Xbox employees work, eat, play Kinect (and bocce ball), create the future of gaming, and, of course, mingle with life-sized elephant sculptures.
