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Peter and I have both been doing a bit of travelling recently.  Between STL and NYC, I got Peter to make me a cup of coffee using beans I brought back from Meshuggah.  Over coffee we discussed the various reactions you get when someone finds out you work for Microsoft.  Oddly enough the list is pretty short.  In no particular order:

(1) Do you know (have you met) BillG?
(2) Have you been to BillG's house?
(3) Are you rich?
(4) Can you fix my computer?

(The answers, btw, are Yes, Yes, No, Probably Not.)

When geeks find out I occassionally get “Oh, how do you like that?” or “What do you work on?”

I dunno, I find it amusing.

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  • Anonymous
    June 25, 2004
    I get (4) whenever I say that I'm on a Computing degree course. You should get one of those 'No, I will not fix your computer' t-shirts.

    So... what's BillG like? :)
  • Anonymous
    June 25, 2004
    He's pretty smart. I was part of a large group of interns who met him, so I cannot really say what he is like. He was how we all expected him to be.
  • Anonymous
    June 26, 2004
    I think item 4 is a given for anybody that finds out you do anything dealing with computers.
  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2004
    No, No, No, and No ;-)

    BTW, the beans are almost gone (thanks!)

    Back to my stockpile of illy now...
  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2004
    Oh dude, I need to get one more cup!