TonyL. I had no idea. 😏 And I recall folks were still not sure if they should call you Steve of Steven when you first came to Office. I remember you being introduced on your first day and somebody introduced you as Steve Sinofsky. You snapped back, "STEVEN". Message received. ;)
This is so enjoyable to read - it’s great that you’ve kept so many items and mementos also. Always wondered if the X shaped buildings had some architectural significance? Or just to maximise windows in offices?
I dropped out of music college and had to work at factory jobs, one of which was for Acco International - the company that made those staplers. I remember putting them into boxes and shipping them out.
Later on got sick of factory work, went back to school and got a computer science degree and ended up at Microsoft in 1994. Started in Developer support for C++. Finally retired from the SQL Server group in 2014.
hi Steve(n) - in what year do these events take place in? I know it is sometime in the 80s but it would be fun to know precisely when the things you describe (in this and future articles) happened
Wow - memory lane - great reading! i started in '87 supporting the LAN Mgr and XENIX business units. Interesting about the SteveB email address comment - his name in the closing on letterhead correspondence was always Steven A. Ballmer. I used Steve A. Ballmer once and never made that mistake again! :-)
TonyL. I had no idea. 😏 And I recall folks were still not sure if they should call you Steve of Steven when you first came to Office. I remember you being introduced on your first day and somebody introduced you as Steve Sinofsky. You snapped back, "STEVEN". Message received. ;)
This is so enjoyable to read - it’s great that you’ve kept so many items and mementos also. Always wondered if the X shaped buildings had some architectural significance? Or just to maximise windows in offices?
I'm late to this party. So interesting.
I dropped out of music college and had to work at factory jobs, one of which was for Acco International - the company that made those staplers. I remember putting them into boxes and shipping them out.
Later on got sick of factory work, went back to school and got a computer science degree and ended up at Microsoft in 1994. Started in Developer support for C++. Finally retired from the SQL Server group in 2014.
Great read! I remember being assigned t-jacqb for my first internship and being called "tee dash JA-kwa-buh" the whole summer.
hi Steve(n) - in what year do these events take place in? I know it is sometime in the 80s but it would be fun to know precisely when the things you describe (in this and future articles) happened
Wow - memory lane - great reading! i started in '87 supporting the LAN Mgr and XENIX business units. Interesting about the SteveB email address comment - his name in the closing on letterhead correspondence was always Steven A. Ballmer. I used Steve A. Ballmer once and never made that mistake again! :-)