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Posted by Doug Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:35:51 GMT

Something just happened I thought would never happen. A Microsoft Recruiter just called me. He said he found my resume by searching the net. I said, “You know I’m a Unix guy, right?” He said he knew that, but also saw I had done kernel development. He was looking for that “special type of person” who does kernel dev. I was just so stunned he was calling me I couldn’t think of anything witty to say. Yes, I’ve done kernel development. I wrote a fairly slick little USB driver for a proprietary mass-storage-like device (DataPlay). Of course, about the time my driver goes into production on shipping units they release a firmware upgrade that makes it an actual mass-storage device relegating my driver to nowhere. Anyway, I told the Microsoft guy I didn’t think it’d work out but thanks anyway. He asked me if I’d like to stay on their mailing list and get an email about every six months. I declined that too. Oh, well. I could have been a millionaire too!

When I told my coworker, he said I should have told the recruiter I’d take the spot if they’d let me do the development on my Mac. Ha! “Yea, I’ll test on whatever platform you need, but I like to development on my Mac. It’s so nice!”