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Intern Voice: A Windows Phone 7 development success story by Stephanie Martel

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Hi, my name is Stephanie and I have been a co-op at Microsoft for approximately 6 months. As a University of Waterloo student this is my last co-op before I graduate and I couldn’t have asked for a more challenging or more exciting job. Working here has brought about some amazing opportunities. I have developed some amazing friendships with other co-ops and various managers across the organization.

I currently work on the Marketing Communications team whose primary focus is to support the promotional aspects of campaigns across the business. I have been exposed to some AMAZING stories along the way that have truly inspired me. The one story that always keeps coming back up in my head is about two University students just like you and me called Jake Poznanski and Sam Kaufmann. These two student developers started developing for the Windows Phone 7 after many attempts of trying to work with the PC Android toolkit. After a “horrifying” experience they swiftly shifted to developing for the Windows Phone 7 platform. Aside from being developers and students at a prestigious East Coast university Jake and Sam grossed over $12,000.00 from their Windows Phone 7 apps.

I have heard of so many student developers, like Jake and Sam, talk about developing apps for the chance to make a little bit of cash on the side. The great thing about the Windows Phone 7 MarketPlace is that, unlike its competitors, it is less saturated with random apps. Apps have the opportunity to stand out on the Windows Phone 7 platform since the new platform means that there is “room for improvement among currently offered apps” (Jake and Sam, 2010).

In my opinion a lot of Jake and Sam’s success came from being among the first in the Windows MarketPlace to create well known “staple” app games. That is why I believe the sooner we (college/university students) get our apps into the Windows MarketPlace, the more money we will potentially be able to make.

The world is our oyster.

Check out the full case study of Jake Poznanski and Sam Kauffman here!

- Stephanie Martel