After leaving Microsoft, I gave myself two months to find another job. I hit leetcode pretty hard and started learning about other areas (my entire career up to this point was kind of niche –…
Date Archives February 2025
My Career – Part 17: What I learned at Microsoft
I learned a lot while at Microsoft (I was there over 20 years – I better have!) There were a lot or REALLY smart and passionate people (which equated to a LOT of swearing 😊),…
My Career – Part 16: Leaving Microsoft
When I started at Microsoft, Windows was the golden goose – it made lots of money and was extremely relevant. We even got labeled a monopoly by the DOJ (yay?) There was always lots of…
My Career – Part 15: Hardware Based Content Protection
Up to this point in my career, I had no major failures – every major project eventually worked as expected. Hardware based content protection broke my winning streak. The only good thing I can say…
My Career – Part 14: Multiplane Overlays, Independent Flip, and XBOX One
DirectFlip was a great feature, but it only worked in limited scenarios (which never occurred on a Windows Phone, where the savings was the most important). Hardware that supported multiplane overlays, on the other hand,…