Category: Career

  • Top 50 Takeaways from IABC World Conference 2022

    Top 50 Takeaways from IABC World Conference 2022

    Back in June 2022, I attended the IABC World Conference in New York 🗽 (IABC stands for International Association of Business Communicators). I was the only attendee from Microsoft and enjoyed meeting people outside of the tech bubble and learning more about storytelling, social media, and the multi-faceted communications discipline. For those…

  • 5 Ways That You Can Join Microsoft as a Student or New Grad

    5 Ways That You Can Join Microsoft as a Student or New Grad

    It seems like there’s a bit of confusion from all the students messaging me on LinkedIn these days. In this blog post, I will clarify some of the differences between various Microsoft programs aimed at students and new grads. All current job postings can be found on the Microsoft Career…

  • Making the Move: Stay-At-Home-Mom to Exec Assistant to Business Program Manager

    Making the Move: Stay-At-Home-Mom to Exec Assistant to Business Program Manager

    The Making the Move series strives to inspire those who come from unique backgrounds and want to break into the world of tech. Here’s a secret… You don’t need to be a computer science major! Today, I am sharing the career journey of Esther Chen, Business Program Manager at Microsoft where she…

  • Microsoft Aspire: What You Should Know Before Applying

    Microsoft Aspire: What You Should Know Before Applying

    Hello! If you’re a student or new grad who is interested in joining Microsoft one day, you’re in the right place. I joined as an Aspire (new grad) back in 2020 and am a huge fan of the program and experience. Today, I am sharing all the details that you…

  • Making the Move:  Traditional Finance to Marketing Data Science

    Making the Move: Traditional Finance to Marketing Data Science

    The Making the Move series strives to inspire those who come from unique backgrounds and want to break into the world of tech. Here’s a secret… You don’t need to be a computer science major! Today, I am sharing the career journey of Owen Ho, Sr. Business Planning Manager at Microsoft where he…

  • Microsoft invested in me before I even joined the company. This is my crazy story about fate and opportunity.

    Microsoft invested in me before I even joined the company. This is my crazy story about fate and opportunity.

    Over the past couple of years, I have been sharing a lot about my time and experiences working at one of the biggest companies in the world. However, I realized that I haven’t shared how I actually got to Microsoft in the first place! Reflecting back on how it all…

  • 4 Month Life Update: I Feel Like An Imposter

    4 Month Life Update: I Feel Like An Imposter

    It’s crazy to acknowledge that it’s already been 4 months since I’ve moved across the border to America. So much has happened in so little time—from struggling to get my social security number (SSN) to finding a new car and apartment with my partner who also just started his new…

  • 5 Ways to Advance Your School & Career This Summer

    5 Ways to Advance Your School & Career This Summer

    Today, I just realized that I’ve never had a summer “off” ever since I was 14! Throughout my teenage and young adult years, I was either volunteering, working, taking summer classes, or all of the above. Looking back, these experiences taught me a lot about myself, developed my skills, and…

  • 2 Month Life Update: I Finally Learned How to Use the Dishwasher

    2 Month Life Update: I Finally Learned How to Use the Dishwasher

    Growing up, my parents took care of everything in the household, so my brother and I rarely had to cook or clean. We were really lucky as kids… but it has also made this adulting gig quite challenging! For one thing, I don’t even know how to use a dishwasher.…

  • Starting a New Chapter Together

    Starting a New Chapter Together

    Today is my partner’s first day as a Software Engineer at Microsoft 🎉 He is starting on the Azure IoT Central team and I am immensely proud of him! People have always told me that I made big bets and bold choices. Yet, my partner was the one who took…