Tomorrow's the big day! I'm getting married! Half the people I have told probably think I'm nuts, but nothing in my life has ever felt so natural. Here's to the next chapter that is the rest of our lives. . .

About 10 mins after I finished writing, my recruiter calls. Apparently I did well enough. I received offers from both product groups I interviewed with! Now is the tough decision of which to start my career with. :D

At 2pm of a rather chilly Sunday afternoon, I found myself cruising down the I-5 in a silver Sebring convertible. "you can even put the top down. . . I don't know, you ARE from CANADA", joked the car rental employee about 5 mins back. Everything over the next 3 days, including the flight, rental and accomodations, would naturally be taken care of by Microsoft. 15 mins later I arrived at the hotel, checking in among a flurry of other recruits from all over North America. I met a few PHD's, some fellow Canadians and others from Stanford to Florida.

The next day I was off to the campus at 9:30am. I arrived at the recruiting office and after a quick meeting with my recruiter was off to the day's first interview. The shuttle driver pointed out a number of lots that Microsoft has recently purchased or were trying their best to acquire on the way to the MSN campus. It really put things into perspective as to just how much MS is still growing. Upon arriving, I met another Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDE/T) and after a few quick scenario questions, was asked to do a quick coding question.

Oops, a free Japanese newspaper in Vancouver is running a story on relationships. Somehow these 2 weirdos ended up as one of the couples in the feature article. =p