First Day at Microsoft

As some of you might know, today was my first day of work at Microsoft. While I didn't do any work or even get to meet up with my manager, it still was a significant day. It started out with the usual paperwork, from there we filed into a conference room. We stayed in that room all day for the most part, the usual orientation type presentations were shown to us. I'm not going to lie, it got boring at times, but overall I found it reassuring. They had their act together. That was enough to reassure me that I made the right choice.

While I can't talk in detail about what they showed us, one movie, the one the day started with, really had an impact on me. It was one of those extended tv ads, it focused around this young guy who was leaving work to go to his girlfriend's place for a party. It showed how Microsoft products such as Local Live, Windows Mobile, Zune, Windows Vista, and many others helped to make his (and other's) lives easier. It was impressive because all the products shown are already out there, they aren't ideas for the future or concepts or what ifs, they are in homes and hands already.

Tomorrow I get to meet my manager and team...should be exciting!