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Monthly Archives: July 2011
WW Intern Profile Singapore: Burns Peter C.Puzon- Marketing
Hullo, I’m Burns Puzon, an MBA student at the Asian Institute of Management. I’m the latest intern to go onboard here at Microsoft’s APAC office in Singapore for 2011. I’m currently working on digital marketing campaigns of Microsoft Philippines for the SMB (small- and medium-sized business) market. Filipinos are innately entrepreneurial, and the number of [...]
It’s all about the Cloud!
Cloud, cloud, cloud, the future is all about the cloud computing. When you say, let’s build something on the cloud, is that mean you need to take a plane to the sky and build something on it? Are the servers actually floating in the sky? Sounds fictional? Of course! Cloud computing describes the way we [...]
Intern Induction Week – Guest Post from UK Intern Hannah Thompson
As part of your internship you are given the option to become involved in other projects that are in addition to your day to day role. In the UK these are 101 teams, with 101 teams for community, organizing the intern parties, evangelism and others. I got involved in the 101 Induction week team. This [...]
Why do we have much fun?
One of the most emphasized work cultures in Microsoft is the work-life balance; to be able to juggle work and your own life at the same time. As in any company, when you’re here you have to work hard and meet your goals (even fly if you can; especially if you’re under MACH). And when [...]
Striking early: Microsoft Student Partners
It’s a common tune amongst students to be worried about the future. Not everyone is sure of what job they want, what they want to be, where they want to go, etc. And for those love technology and who look at Microsoft as the opportunity they want for the future… You don’t have to wait to [...]
UK Challenge – The Aftermath
Last week in I introduced you to the UK Challenge, a 4 day endurance race that I took part in. Now that the event is over and the teams are back in the office (all be it walking like cowboys) I thought I would do an update. Firstly it was hard. For those of you [...]
Hungry for a taste of Redmond
My Redmond internship began in a one-to-one meeting with my Dublin manager when I was replying to the question, “What do you really want from this internship.” I had told him I wanted to improve a few specific skills and for the last box on a sheet I was filling I told him something I’d [...]