February 19, 2008

Microsoft Interview Videos

Filed under: Microsoft — Tags: — spiro @ 4:28 pm

Awhile ago, Channel9, a MSDN blog posted some videos that demonstrate the interview process at Microsoft. These are pretty insightful for candidates since they give a sense of how the interview day’s going to unfold. Since they’re a little hard to find, I’m posting links to the three-part series.

So, here’s the three-part series:

Part 1 – The Interview With the Recruiter
Your first steps at Microsoft!

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18472

Part 2 – The Shuttle Ride
Update: Now they’ve gone green and drive Priuses…

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18718

Part 3 – The Famous Whiteboard Question
That’s what got us famous… :p

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=19171

February 9, 2008

The CAN-SPAM thing seems to be working pretty well!

Filed under: Uncategorized — spiro @ 11:56 am

A month ago I ordered a router from frys.com. Apparently, they think that providing my e-mail address to get order status info also means I want their “newsletter”. There’s a link to unsubscribe, which I’ve tried several times, but that never worked. So, I reply to the spam, telling em to remove me (the address is service@outpost.com so I figured somebody might reply. No reply. I reply to next weeks’s newsletter, threatning legal action. Still yet no reply. This week, I forward the mail to spam@uce.gov and cc it to them. Haha! They replied this morning, apologizing, and saying they have removed me from the system!

Now, why do I have to threaten them like this for them to simply remove me from their list? And yeah, lesson learnt: next time they’re getting plonk@unhandledexception.net