We truly live at a wonderful time where opportunities abound everywhere giving people the flexibility to try new things, explore passions and do it from anywhere in the world. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this time where so much greatness is being created and the Internet is the great equalizer allowing companies big and small to be impactful and touch users in ways never imagined.

For the last three years and a half, I've been privileged to work at the greatest software company in the world; Microsoft. During that time, I launched a standards-based web development site (scriptjunkie.com), worked with major product teams (Windows, Windows Phone & IE), partnered to <a href="http://www.modern.ie/">launch initiatives</a> that offered tremendous value to developers, represented MS at many events, and became the community bridge to the Internet Explorer team. That's all fine and good but to me, the greatest thing about MS is working with amazing people. People who care deeply about what they build and enabling users to do great things through our products. It's easy to look at MS as a big monolithic entity and forget that they're are incredibly passionate people working there <strong>WHO GENUINELY CARE</strong>. I've seen this first hand.