Come Work With Me And Other Great People

The ASP.NET and Silverlight team are hiring! Brad Abrams (who happens to be my “grand-boss” as in my boss's boss) posted a developers wanted ad on his blog:

  • Are you JavaScript guru who has a passion to make Ajax easier for the masses?
  • Are you the resident expert in ASP.NET and consistently think about how data driven applications could be easier to build?
  • Are you a TDD or patterns wonk that sees how ASP.NET MVC is a game-changer?
  • Are you excited about the potential of Silverlight for business applications, and particularly the potential for the ASP.NET+Silverlight combination where we have the great .NET programming model on the server and client?

Some of you out there have provided great insight into how ASP.NET MVC could be better (and then some of you just point out its warts).  Either way, here's a chance to have an even bigger influence on its design and code. I promise I'm easy to work with.

These are senior developer positions...

My team has several openings for senior, experienced developers with a passion for platform\framework technology. If you have 5+ years of software development industry experience, know how to work effectively in teams, have a great software design abilities and are an excellent developer than we just might have the spot for you!

Oh, and if you do get hired and join my feature team, I like my coffee with milk and sugar. Thank you very much. ;)

What others have said

Requesting Gravatar... Keyvan Nayyeri Jan 29, 2008 9:58 AM
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If I could leave the country in the next a few months then I had to apply but I can't leave before November :-)
Requesting Gravatar... Josh Stodola Jan 29, 2008 11:26 AM
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I like my coffee with milk and sugar

Whatever you say, detective Smecker.
Requesting Gravatar... Aaron Lerch Jan 29, 2008 1:28 PM
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What about ASP.NET people who see ASP.NET MVC as a game-changer, but more from a REST perspective than a TDD/patterns one? (Not to take away from those, of course.)

Maybe more "well rounded"? :)
Requesting Gravatar... Simone Jan 29, 2008 1:52 PM
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Too bad it's based in Redmond and I'm in Italy :(
Requesting Gravatar... josh Jan 29, 2008 2:00 PM
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one would have to move to Redmond, correct?
Requesting Gravatar... Marco De Sanctis Jan 29, 2008 3:14 PM
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Wow, it would be so exciting and I would love to relocate to the US!!

What about Visa sponsorship?
Requesting Gravatar... Haacked Jan 30, 2008 1:20 AM
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I'm assuming it's a Redmond based position. The post I linked to has more information. I would leave specific questions regarding HR issues there as I'm not qualified to answer.

I can answer questions about my own experiences of working at Microsoft (what I'm allowed to say) as well as the location of the coffee machine nearest me and just how much sugar and milk I like. ;)
Requesting Gravatar... Filini Jan 30, 2008 2:39 AM
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That would be really nice... if your company could pay me a ticket from Bologna (Italy) to Redmond for the interview :P
Requesting Gravatar... Jason Haley Jan 30, 2008 7:23 AM
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Requesting Gravatar... Bill Pierce Jan 30, 2008 7:41 AM
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I thought everybody in the Seattle area drank their cafe au lait?
Requesting Gravatar... Victor Garcia Jan 30, 2008 9:00 AM
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A ticket from Veracruz, Mexico is cheaper than Bologna, Italy.... ;)
Requesting Gravatar... Adam Kahtava Feb 04, 2008 8:36 AM
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If Microsoft could sponsor me & my wife's visa, then I'd be there in a second! The weather In Canada is WAY too cold, a balmy -40 last week.
Requesting Gravatar... diego Dec 11, 2008 3:36 AM
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i'm very passionate for program special for microsoft visual studio
and its components.
I studied it whit self study an whiy some lessons.
I sill not very good in these languages but i have a great force of character an interest .
I say you if you know a work in whick i can work and learn.
i'll Thank you very very much to help me.
thank
Diego
my Email is di.ric@tin.it

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