Last year (2016) I attended the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) for the first time. In case you are not familiar with it, it’s a conference primarily for women in Computer Science. It’s a great event and quite an interesting experience to attend as a man. Back then I was still at Microsoft Research. I've always been involved in diversity efforts and one of the initiatives at … [Read more...] about Men should attend the Grace Hopper Conference
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The Research Software Design Engineer – there and back
At Microsoft Research (MSR) there's a not-so-well-known role: the RSDE (Research Software Design Engineer). In this post I cover my experience going from SDE to RSDE and back to SDE, as well as the pros and cons. My path to RSDE Even before I joined Microsoft I was fascinated by a lot of the work being done at MSR. As a new college grad the idea of working there seemed like a … [Read more...] about The Research Software Design Engineer – there and back