Chris Sells -- Tour of MSDN

Awsome dudes - I love it! Great to get to see where the action takes place and what your offices look like.

/curious Lars.

Those offices have a spectacular view (better than most on campus). My office is more like Chris Sells'. Just four walls for me. Glad you liked the tour.

Very cool, I'll loved to see more.

Thanks, this channel has a promising future.

Very Cool, but didn't you miss a few hallways?

Very cool, I loved to see more.

Thanks, this channel has good potencial.

Loved it too! More of this!

hmm..several posts from the same session, bug or "feature"?

So that's what Talking Rain is.

Awesome video. Looks like a fun place to work. Hope to see more long videos like that soon.

Hey, that was fun do it again!

Seriously guys.. you can't keep a camera on for more than two minutes without a Blue Screen of death!

Really great!! - it gives you an excellent feel for what its like there. A few more videos like that would be a very good idea..

I've got that "Unknown Error" a couple of times too. But it always seem to post alright anyway.

Edit: Got one when I posted this reply even. Wierd stuff is going down.

/Lars.

For some reason these errors aren't being logged, so we hadn't noticed them before. I'm trying to track them down now, stay tuned.

Edit: I got one too, sweet.

MSDN from a shakey cam looks different!  Okay, that tour was totally fun, but I have to tell you that I'm deeply disappointed that Chris didn't stop by *my* office, when it was only 3 away.  He missed Duncan, too, though, so I guess I don't feel SO sad

lauraj wrote:

MSDN from a shakey cam looks different!  Okay, that tour was totally fun, but I have to tell you that I'm deeply disappointed that Chris didn't stop by *my* office, when it was only 3 away.  He missed Duncan, too, though, so I guess I don't feel SO sad

Do you wear that paper bag hat while your coding or is it just for formal events?

Great video guys, would love to see more of these. Perhaps a tour of build labs of Longhorn or dev labs?

Cool video. I love the office for the Dotnet Architect managers.

It's cool! I love the office for the Architect and the mp3 player on the desk.

w00t!  Got any open offices over there that need filling?

RandyRants wrote:

w00t!  Got any open offices over there that need filling?

We've got a few job openings right now, but we're short on office space. So I guess the answer to your question is technically "no." But if you're interested in a job with MSDN (even if you do have to share an office) check out the Microsoft Careers site for MSDN openings.

Creamhackered: a tour of labs would be cool. We're getting over to the Tablet PC team next week. Should be interesting.

TommyW wrote:

We've got a few job openings right now, but we're short on office space. So I guess the answer to your question is technically "no." But if you're interested in a job with MSDN (even if you do have to share an office) check out the Microsoft Careers site for MSDN openings.

I just checked out the SDE job posting, and one of the requirements is:
"Familiarity with Microsoft tools and processes: CoreXt, Source Depot, Product Studio"

These sound like internal tools at Microsoft (I can't find any references on the web), so would a job posting like this basically be open only to existing or ex Microsoft employees? Is there any point in applying for someone outside of Microsoft who wouldn't have had any chance to get this experience? (assuming they are internal tools)

Cool! The office of the Architect lood good. I like the MP3 player on the desk.

Excellent, can't wait for the Tablet PC one then

Good stuff guys.

very cool video..it's nice to see places that are intersting that i'm sure i'll never get to see in person..

Definetly a new office Chris. Thanks for the tour.

PeteBeech wrote:

I just checked out the SDE job posting, and one of the requirements is:
"Familiarity with Microsoft tools and processes: CoreXt, Source Depot, Product Studio"

These sound like internal tools at Microsoft (I can't find any references on the web), so would a job posting like this basically be open only to existing or ex Microsoft employees? Is there any point in applying for someone outside of Microsoft who wouldn't have had any chance to get this experience? (assuming they are internal tools)

Those are internal tools, and normally there's a bit more explanation. Instead of talking about those specfic tools, the description should probably have said something like:

Familiarity with tools used for large-team software development, including build systems, source control systems, and bug tracking systems. Experience with Microsoft tools and processes (such as CoreXt, Source Depot, and Product Studio) a plus.

Chris:

Loved the video! It was fun and it was great to see the people that I visit their work, everytime I open my browser (my default page is set to MSDN)!

More please.

Thanks

great video,  can it be downloaded as a wmv or similar ?

tim

Not yet, sorry.

Lauraj: I'm sorry we didn't get to you. I'd love to have you do an interview. Interested?

Two other notes...

Kudos should be said to the person who is interviewing/following Chris, as well.

Most times, you get some monotone guy talking towards the camera with not much interaction from the guys behind the camera or if there is any kind of interaction it tends to be of some generic question like "so, what do you think about so and so..." which leaves the person being interviewed (or followed in this instance) hanging out there trying to come up with interesting things to say! This time around, both Chris and the person who is following him are interesting and have awesome sense of humor and good banter (for lack of better word) which is what made this video fun to watch.

Also, can you tell how much we envy you Microsoft guys/gals for working there at MSFT? That’s probably why I’ve watched this video couple of times, already.

Thank you

Azavareh, sorry, I should have made that clear. I'm the guy behind the camera. Thanks for the compliments!

I was always envious of Microsoft employees too. It is a great place to work.

very cool video!! i would love to see more!

Darn, this is one of those times I wish I was on something faster than dialup! I can't see a thing, and I have a bit of audio, though that jumps and skips like crazy! So it's like, hear a few words, then nothing. A few more words, and nothing again. Oh well, hope to get a broadband connection soon so I can watch this tour! And other videos on channel9!

Very interesting to see behind the scenes.  Best video so far. Nice job.

Wow that was sooo cool!  I think it was awesome that you guys opened the doors to allow us to see where all the great minds at MSDN get their gears in motion. 

I'd love to see more.  Maybe what actually goes on during a meeting to see how they talk about the topics, what they take into consideration for the topic, how these ideas are formed and put into the hands of us, if possible.

I would understand if that was not possible though, due to many issues and red tapes that might need to be crossed.

Great video, thanks. the best so far, waiting for more...

A very cool video indeed ! We would love to see more such videos involving people/places where the real action takes place.

Ok, how smart do I need to be to work at Microsoft?  I want a job there.  That is my goal.  Now to learn everything about everything so that I can pass the interview process...

Thanks for the tour Chris.  Looks great!  Nice to see where you guys work

Hope to see more similar videos soon!

CMCMSF: It's not about raw smarts. Although most people have those here.

It depends on what job you want to do.

That's where I'd start. What job would make you happy?

Great work and I am looking forward to see more vid from channel 9,
hey, how about introduce gals into channel 9 team      

Lofan: we're working on that. Beth Goza is gonna do some interviews with the Tablet PC team on Friday. The team will expand. I did an interview with Sara Ford too, so she'll show up soon.

Pria, girl in the yellow shirt, you are very pretty!