Monday 1 November 2021

You can take the boy out of Microsoft ...

 


... but you can't take Microsoft out of the boy.

This is a phrase full of wisdom I've heard many years ago from a great man. So true.

Today is my second first day with Microsoft. I am joining the Azure for Operators group within the larger Azure Division led by another equally great man. I'll work and learn and work again from London and be part of the newly acquired Metaswitch team.

Yes, telecom. On the (public or private or hybrid) cloud. Hardware virtualization. Network protocols. Linux. More precisely, CBL-Mariner. Infrastructure software. Terribly exciting.

Flat-earthers: you are wrong. The world is round. You start from some point, you walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk and walk until you arrive where you started from. Same place, but renewed. Both in geography and in life.

The phrase 'I've never ceased learning' takes new dimensions now. Awesome.