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Our Chief Research and Strategy Officer visits campuses
This week Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, has been visiting college campuses to talk with students about how the new capabilities in computing will help tackle some of the planet’s toughest challenges.
At Cornell, Harvard, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Washington, Craig is showing the leading-edge work taking place at Microsoft and demonstrating work from the Computational Science Group out of Microsoft Research Cambridge (U.K.). He's also discussing the kinds of computers students will soon be using.
Life in Redmond, Washington
Hi everyone, Alison here, the concierge for the Experience Microsoft candidate lobby. Many out-of-towners want to know about the area where Microsoft is located—Redmond, Washington. The great thing about Redmond is that you can take day trips to all kinds of different activities.
Downtown Seattle is about 12 miles from Microsoft campus, and it only takes 20 minutes to get there by car (if there’s no traffic) because it’s mostly freeway. At Pike Place Market, you can see the famous fish throwers and the brass pig, have fresh donuts for breakfast, and eat outside at Copacabana for lunch—the market is mostly about the food, and of course the people watching. There are lots of street musicians, most of them with some real talent. The Seattle Art Museum is there, along with the Space Needle, the Pacific Science Center, the Woodland Park Zoo, and the Seattle Aquarium. Then you can take the Underground Tour and see what old Seattle looked like before it was destroyed by the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. Seattle also has an excellent symphony and ballet.
Welcome Alison to the JobsBlog team!
We have a new JobsBlogger! Alison is the morning concierge in our “Experience Microsoft” candidate lobby at our headquarters in Redmond, WA, greeting candidates before their interviews and helping them plan their local itineraries while visiting the area. She also manages several communications, including JobsBlog, the monthly U.S. Careers newsletter, and the weekly intern and new hire newsletter. Alison plans to use her on-the-job experiences to share information on JobsBlog ... like info about Seattle, the Microsoft campus and interesting interviewee questions.
And now, in her own words: