Career change: my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Career change: my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Celebrating 7 years at Microsoft and my first year as a Software Engineer after the career change: from recruitment to software engineering role at 'Microsoft Teams' Prague team! This post will be a mix of my thoughts/learnings from my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft: it is not about "I delivered x amount [...]

Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft [Q and A]

Becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft [Q and A]

There is a lot of advice online for people interested in joining Microsoft as a Software Engineers. In this post, I decided to share with you my first-hand experience and answer the most common questions I'm receiving throughout my career from Developers interested in working at Microsoft.I'm sure that my article will help you clarify [...]

My Year in Review: 2020

My Year in Review: 2020

What a year it was! After 9 years in tech recruitment (and 6 amazing years at the Microsoft Engineering Recruitment team as a Talent Sourcer) I've finally reached my goal of becoming a Software Engineer at Microsoft! Beginning of the year Our child was still recovering after the surgery and let's just say that all [...]

My journey into a Software Engineering role at Microsoft (no CS degree)!

My journey into a Software Engineering role at Microsoft (no CS degree)!

I was thinking about writing this kind of a summary of my journey into software engineering for quite some time. And even though it is still ongoing, I decided to share it as I truly believe that "sharing is caring": maybe it will inspire someone else to follow their dreams, maybe someone is also learning [...]