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Creativity++
By Nick Hodge | July 23, 2008
Microsoft has a financial year that matches Australia’s financial year: July to June.
Each financial year the cards are thrown up into the air, and depending on which tarots are on top: the organisational entrails are read and the future is foretold. Or, at least that is what it seems like from deep in the trenches of “individual contributor” from “subsidiary” land (I am quoting the management-speak, just incase you think I’ve totally lost the plot)
What does that mean for me?
Thanks to an excellent manager, Anna Liu, and a very flexible organisation: I get to change my job a little.
Half what I’ve been doing: web/blogging/on10.net/videos and sundry journeyman things for DPE in Australia.
And Half Web Development Evangelism.
Which is really cool. C#, IronPython, IronRuby, Silverlight, Virtual Earth, Live Mesh et al: here I come!
Why the change?
Time to become more creative, build things. Help others build their things.
Also a change is as good as a holiday. My synapses were starting to atrophy.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Sounds very cool. There's nothing like believing in what you are doing and having the passion to see it through to excellence. Top stuff!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hey Cool!
Its an awesome place to be at the moment Nick, so many interesting things only limited by your imagination. Silverlight will enable many ideas to get delivered.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
John, Andrew. Thanks for votes of confidence. Doing developer stuff has been with me since I first started in this industry. Doing it at Microsoft is beyond my wildest imaginations.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Nick onward and upward. Great to see. you are going to have way too much fun, you will need to share it around a bit?
July 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am
ooohhh that sounds painful !! (synapses starting to atrophy!!)
Congratulations!!
and happy Lego building - Microsoft-style !!
July 30th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Change keeps those synapses working! Looking forward to seeing what Silverlight really can do.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
The more I think about it, the more I have the feeling that being able to modify what you do as part of your job in order to keep it interesting ... is pretty much a key indicator of success in life.
I pity the people stuck in admin land.
Andrew