Only 19

1991 was a big year for me.

I got married.

I bought a house.

My first child was born

AND

I joined Microsoft on May 20, 1991

Today marks my 19th year anniversary at Microsoft.

19 reminds me of " Only Nineteen ", which a song by Aussie folk group Redgum. Not that I am comparing my job to military combat, but read into it what you want ;)  The song has a "Frankie" in the lyrics, which connected me to it.

Today I continue the Microsoft tradition which dictates that I bring in a pound of M&Ms for each year that I’ve been an employee.

 

As I have done for the past few years (18, 17, 16. 15, 14, 13), time to reflect a bit on my time at Microsoft. Yes, I still *love* the job.

The resume hasn’t changed that much over the year, apart from a title adjustment

 

May 1991	Sep 1993	Microsoft Canberra, working as a Systems Engineer
Sep 1993	Aug 1994	Microsoft Corp, @ Executive Briefing Center
Aug 1994	Oct 1995	Microsoft Corp, in the Advanced Technology Group, working on Interactive TV
Nov 1995	May 1997	Microsoft Australia, MSN Technical Director
Jun 1997	Jun 1999	ninemsn CTO
Jun 1999	May 2001	Microsoft Region, Digital Media dude
May 2001	Aug 2007	Microsoft Australia, Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE)
Aug 2007	Current	Microsoft Corp, Director – DPE Field Community & Readiness

 

I've been caught up in the day to day of my job recently and my blog has been gathering some dust recently - it's even prompted some emails from folks checking in on me. I'm ok. I'm doing fine. I haven't kicked a mine like Frankie did "the day that mankind kicked the moon".

Ok, time to share those M&Ms

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Comments

• Anonymous
  May 26, 2010
  Well done on 19 boss! :) It's been a pleasure working for you sir. I may swing past in a few weeks and see how many M&M's are left - steal some? :)