Transferred to Microsoft Consulting Service

I have contemplated for some time and finally decided to put this into my blog. I have left Microsoft GTEC (Global Technical Engineering Center) and joined another Microsoft organization - Microsoft Consulting Service as a consultant from July.

This is a smooth transition for me. After working in a pure technical center and tried 6 different roles in the same organization in the last 5 years, it is time for me to step out of the green house to take more challenges in real world.

I will focus on infrastructure and will start to work on some server consolidation and Active Directory deployment projects. This job challenges me on technical side, on project management side, on business negotiation side and on inter-personal skills side. This is not a easy job since it requires much more travel and OT than it does in my previous job, but I believe the days and nights to come will add more aspect in my career portfolio.

I have moved to a new floor in the same office building, looking forward to take more challenges in this new role.

This brings two major changes to this blog:

• Update may be slightly impacted due to travel or instable connectivity to Internet.

• There may be more content related to my job - what Microsoft is doing in China

Let me explain the two changes in details.

Update Frequency

I believe I still can write something meaningful in my life every day on this blog. I have kept writing for more about two years, and it has become a habit to write something or at least post some pictures. So it won’t be a big problem. If I just started for half year, chances are, I will stop updating this site.

Microsoft stuff

I didn’t write too much on stuff related to my company. Fons from Chinaherald.net even wondered whether “they (the employer) called him in and had a talk”.

I have thoroughly explained the reason in this blog entry: Reviewed by ChinaHerald.net

This may change a little bit after the transfer. In the new job, my daily life will be highly tightened to the customers and the industries in China. So my life may change. It is nature that what I write changes with my life. In contrast, my previous job does not require me to talk to customer everyday - it is all internal stuff.

Another reason is, blogging is become really, really hot in Microsoft. I don’t how other companies take it, but in Microsoft, people are so smart to pickup anything new and keep up with the trends. I have talked about Blogging in Microsoft before, introduced new Microsoft bloggers like Larry and Eddie. Now, the MCS organization has adopted the practice and requires all employees (around 60) in the organization to start writing organization level blog. It is expected greatly improve communication. It is one of the most successful usages of blogging in business I have ever seen so far.

Anyway, thanks for being with me. I hope to see more surprises, and challenges the life has to offer.