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Comment on Accepted at Microsoft by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:41 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Accepted at Microsoft by karthikeyan

karthikeyan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:53:51 +0000

Thnks for the post Ali,Have made my confidence to reach Microsoft Better Than I have,

I m sure Oneday,i ll be like Your’s,

Thnks Ali,Once-Again,

Let Happiness be everyday Sunshine in URS……

Comment on What does an SDET do? by Rajesh Kumar Sahu

Rajesh Kumar Sahu — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:17:33 +0000

Hi
I am Test Engineer-SDET in MindTree for two years.Nice to hear about the role of SDET.I fully agree with your comments.I have one question “what is difference between QA and SDET?”

Comment on My new 2007 Mazda3 i Touring by Dave

Dave — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:42:14 +0000

I got a new 2009 Mazda 3i two months ago and love it. It’s much more athletic than the wimpy civic, corolla, sentra and hyundais. I love the feel of the twin cam engine and 17″ alloys with 4 wheel disk brakes and independent suspension. It’s got cool stuff like a leather wrapped steering wheel, cruise, tunes, fog lights remote this and that, alarm system yadda yadda and it was priced way below the other cars in its class. I got the 5 speed stick because it’s lots more fun to drive. The only thing i did’nt like was the untinted windows (which I had to tint) and the pathetic sounding horn (which I replaced with a wolo badboy horn). Now it’s perfect.

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Comment on What does an SDET do? by Monkey

Monkey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:32:50 +0000

I dont know, being on a squad of monkeys is kinda fun, we fling bug poo at each other all day and scream our loud monkey cries into the night. As far as working in the Land of Milk and Honey (MS) sounds to me like it has turned into a little India. I used to want to work there but now I think this monkey couldnt understand a word anyone says!

Comment on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by druccerge

druccerge — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:44:24 +0000

well.. it’s like I thought!

Comment on What does an SDET do? by Fooster Barington

Fooster Barington — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:02:07 +0000

I have been an SDET at Microsoft for over a year now, so this is my insight. If you have good coding skills, expect it to be a rough but good learning experience. You’ll want to do it for a little while, but only to make you a better programmer and better all around debugging person. Do the SDET thing for no more than 2 years. Then find something different, because if you’re a decent programmer you will be way more appreciated as an SDE.

The plus side is, you could get a lot of neat projects thrown at you that you might not if you were an SDE. The bad part is that no one will give a crap about any coding you did because for the most part they care about the bugs you find. The other crappy part is that you might end up with a team / manager that is close minded as hell and wants to run a squad of monkeys.

Comment on The actual on-site Microsoft Interview by Ram

Ram — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:21:27 +0000

Hi Ali

THANKS A LOT FOR SHARING VALUABLE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE.

I have a 45-minute interview over both the phone and the internet. Live Meeting is also there.
(Both Phone and Live meeting at a time)
For the SDE, SDET and Program Manager (PM) positions.

Can you give me tips of how to prepare for the interview?

Where can I get the whiteboard-problems?

Please help me.