So you didn’t get the job…4 things to do next

You prepared for the interviews, felt the interviews went well, and all signs pointed to yes…and yet in the end they decided to go in a different direction.  Now what? After you brush off the upset/mad/confused feelings and start some introspection, realize that this might be one point in your life where you’re more open to a little self -improvement/growth. How do you regroup and make this a net positive experience?   1) Ask...
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Learn more about Elisa Jasinska - Network Toolsmith

  Elisa Jasinska started her Internet career as a Network Engineer at the Amsterdam Internet Exchange in 2005. The exchange point, also called AMS-IX, is a member driven non-profit Internet exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With its small team, great atmosphere and incredibly smart people, AMS-IX made Elisa enthusiastic about networks and Internet technologies and she has been enjoying the Internet industry ever since.  ...
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Meet Keith - Testing Online Services

Testing at Bing provides many fun challenges in an agile environment that ships quickly and frequently.    Testing distributed systems like Autopilot that control thousands of machines requires deep engineering knowledge and understanding of algorithms like PAXOS.   Testing takes a whole new direction with verifying the output from the 3 new tech majors (Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Analytics/Statistics).  ...
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My meeting with a new Bing Hiring Manager by Eugenia

I just got out of a meeting with a Hiring Manager and I really feel energized.  The hiring manager, we’ll call him “B” just joined Bing about one month ago from another group within Microsoft. Having made the move into the online/web services world, the exposure he has to planning and design is awesome and the energy he gets from the discussions on making the huge scale that Bing deals with ‘work’ is mind...
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The Seattle Seahawks and Bing by Eugenia

So my beloved Seahawks were off to a great start during exhibition but stricken with injuries and what not we now have a 5-7 record.  Nevertheless, this season overall has been fun to watch. Peyton and company never cease to amaze me and Farve as a Viking has been interesting–I am beginning to think that experience is way more valuable than pure physical ability.  Since I have had more time to watch football this season, I find...
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