Life At Microsoft - The Truth Revealed
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People often stop me in the streets to ask "Hey Tina, what's life "really" like at Microsoft? Sometimes I can't even walk outside my house without somebody standing there with a giant neon sign that blinks "What is life "really" like at Microsoft"? Instead of answering every individual separately and so you can save your money on those neon signs. I decided to create a video that would answer that simple yet complex question. I want to throw out a special high-five to the following because without them and a lot of beer this video never would have happened.
Duncan Mackenzie, Erik Porter, Mike Sampson, Scott Davis, Grant BlahaErath, Dan Fernandez, Max Zuckerman, Adam Kinney, The Dalai Lama and Britney Spears
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lol ...
Great vid, nice to see that you guys have sense of humor.
lol ...
Great vid, nice to see that you guys have sense of humor.
@wetworker
I don't. I really wanted to kill Adam (with a Nerf gun) for Googling it. jk
@wetworker
I don't. I really wanted to kill Adam (with a Nerf gun) for Googling it. jk
That was one of the best part.
That was one of the best part.
Hilarious and brilliant! I particularly enjoyed Al at security, the keyboarding face-off with Duncan, and Xbox tech support with Adam. Naturally, however, the best part of the video is you.
Hilarious and brilliant! I particularly enjoyed Al at security, the keyboarding face-off with Duncan, and Xbox tech support with Adam. Naturally, however, the best part of the video is you.
reality is so... scary. 0.o
reality is so... scary. 0.o
Excellent! Very Funny!
Excellent! Very Funny!
Awesome production.
This is like those CES and Daily Show produced MS promo videos.
Thumbs up!!!
Awesome production.
This is like those CES and Daily Show produced MS promo videos.
Thumbs up!!!
Congrats to Tina on the writing and Finley on the editing! Certainly made us look like something worth watching
Nice job to all of the actors as well especially the three Nerf hitmen.
Wow.. all my assumptions about MicroSerfs where true.. and arrogance reigns supreme.
Betcha this get's deleted (and yes, I used Firefox to post it damnit!)
Wow.. all my assumptions about MicroSerfs where true.. and arrogance reigns supreme.
Betcha this get's deleted (and yes, I used Firefox to post it damnit!)
I don't miss working for Microsoft. I don't miss Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, the surrounding areas, the crappy restaurants in the surrounding areas, the traffic, the cold Seattle attitude, the money, the company credit card (OK - I kind of miss that), and I may find the Windows Live Writer installation process to be intolerable, but I really do miss the few of you I liked who worked in offices along several hallways on one side of one floor of one building where there was a little pocket of goodness among the big, scary Microsoft chaos.
I don't know what I would have done without you people.
Worked, probably.
Tina Whatever-your-last-name-really-is - you're a frikkin' genius.
I don't miss working for Microsoft. I don't miss Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, the surrounding areas, the crappy restaurants in the surrounding areas, the traffic, the cold Seattle attitude, the money, the company credit card (OK - I kind of miss that), and I may find the Windows Live Writer installation process to be intolerable, but I really do miss the few of you I liked who worked in offices along several hallways on one side of one floor of one building where there was a little pocket of goodness among the big, scary Microsoft chaos.
I don't know what I would have done without you people.
Worked, probably.
Tina Whatever-your-last-name-really-is - you're a frikkin' genius.
@Rory Blyth
We hate where you live! But miss you too.
@Rory Blyth
We hate where you live! But miss you too.
Interestingly enough, during the filming of this piece I distinctly remember the quote "Where's Rory when we need him!"
Whoa, whoa, whoa,.. Scripts? Takes? Writing? Editing? Are you saying,.. that this was,... was,.. STAGED!???
zOMFG!!!
Also I'd like to see a continuation - "The Adventures of Zuck: the Duffel Bag"
@Erik
@Erik
@Duncan
@Duncan
Very good, almost as good as Bill's last day at work.
I'm a little dissappionted though, I thought Adam really was a Jedi.
Very good, almost as good as Bill's last day at work.
I'm a little dissappionted though, I thought Adam really was a Jedi.
oh that is funny.. good work on the video
oh that is funny.. good work on the video
Nice vid. It wouldn't be as funny if it wasn't so true
Nice vid. It wouldn't be as funny if it wasn't so true
Best Channel 10 video ever! :o)
Best Channel 10 video ever! :o)
Excellent!
Excellent!
HA! Hilarious. Don't tase me, bro!
HA! Hilarious. Don't tase me, bro!
I love where your heads were at with this video. I've worked there and had some of the best and happiest times in my career.
I love where your heads were at with this video. I've worked there and had some of the best and happiest times in my career.
Great post. I really wish there were more videos like this.
Great post. I really wish there were more videos like this.
Excellent! I show it to my students
Excellent! I show it to my students
Not enough Laura, but amusing nonetheless.
Not enough Laura, but amusing nonetheless.
Funniest thing I've seen all day. Which, I've only been up for and hour.
Funniest thing I've seen all day. Which, I've only been up for and hour.
LOL autographed pic. nice.
LOL autographed pic. nice.
Great video!
Great video!
Leave out the self-worship sexism crap. The rest was refreshing.
Leave out the self-worship sexism crap. The rest was refreshing.
Well, at least you got eight decent posts before it turned into another rediculous open source vs. the Evil Empire discussion. I guess some people just didn't get breast fed. If the open source community would just take over the world already and get over themselves maybe we could move on with life.
I thought the video was funny, regardless of my affiliations.
Well, at least you got eight decent posts before it turned into another rediculous open source vs. the Evil Empire discussion. I guess some people just didn't get breast fed. If the open source community would just take over the world already and get over themselves maybe we could move on with life.
I thought the video was funny, regardless of my affiliations.
Authored on a Mac? Isn't that a garage band riff 1 minute into the video?
Authored on a Mac? Isn't that a garage band riff 1 minute into the video?
That was fantastic! Great job! Everything was done really well.
I hope you guys make more videos, like this.
Tina, you are certainly a kick-* writer (and I want one of those G4 autographs =)
P.S.Google roxx!
That was fantastic! Great job! Everything was done really well.
I hope you guys make more videos, like this.
Tina, you are certainly a kick-* writer (and I want one of those G4 autographs =)
P.S.Google roxx!
Great job on this one guys! Every office needs Nerf guns and Jedi's...
Great job on this one guys! Every office needs Nerf guns and Jedi's...
Very nice Video, is really refreshing that someone can have a laugh at himself. But I would like to see you participate more Tina. Surely you could do it on a second part.
PS: I want one of those G4 autographs =)
Very nice Video, is really refreshing that someone can have a laugh at himself. But I would like to see you participate more Tina. Surely you could do it on a second part.
PS: I want one of those G4 autographs =)
Good!
Good!
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