Hooray for job opportunities
Mail call!
Microsoft Redmond are looking for people in Australia who are interested and qualified candidates for software development positions at corporate headquarters working on our major products. Full Relocation and Visa assistance provided.
I get it, you’re afraid of commas. That, or you just had Word correct your punctuation and grammar for you. Who knew there weren’t enough qualified computer scientists Stateside to hire locally?
Who is a qualified candidate?
- Someone who has (or will be completing this year) a bachelor’s (four year or more) degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Someone that has very strong abilities to write code in C/C++
- Someone that is very driven and passionate about technology, desiring to make software products that will go all over the world.
Then it makes perfect sense that this message was forwarded to every enrolled first–year computer science student at the university; moreso that we should be passionate about making products that will go all over the world
rather than products that will, say… “be of high quality and stand on their own two feet in the marketplace, instead of resting on their laurels monopoly”.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT AT MICROSOFT
That, sir, sounds like a threat.
The reason so many people from various disciplines come to Microsoft is because we provide the most exciting challenges in the industry. Since our inception in 1975, Microsoft’s mission has been to create software for the personal computer that empowers and enriches people in the workplace, at school and at home. Microsoft’s early vision of a computer on every desk and in every home is coupled today with a strong commitment to Internet–related technologies that expand the power and reach of the PC and its users. You can help shape the industry in nearly countless ways, all while gaining invaluable experience. Our casual environment lends itself to freer thinking and therefore, creative problem–solving. However, the coolest part of all is the diversity of jobs. You're guaranteed not to be bored.
Freer? Freer than what? Than working for yourself? Or the competition maybe? And here I was thinking the coolest part about working for Microsoft is the guarantee that the company you’re working for won’t go bust. Then again, I thought the word ‘countless’ was hyperbole, making nearly countless
an oxymoron. So I could be wrong on both counts.
We invite you to join us as we move toward the .NET age, the next generation of our products. You could create a world of change in one of these pivotal, Redmond, Washington USA area positions in the Microsoft product groups.
I’ve read the blurbs on these positions… and frankly the roles of “coder” and “tester” don’t seem so pivotal
to me. Thanks for the invite though.