Nov
22
2011
Success in today’s IT environment requires you to view your career as a business endeavor. I have been working as a Software Developer in different companies for over 5,5 years and Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) at Microsoft more than 8 months. I have learned a lot with the Microsoft and I am getting more comfortable with process, job and more confident with abilities in new projects every day. I like writing code and spend a good chunk of my time writing automated tests in fast changing environment on new technologies. Also I like to develop tools to help with work and to help the rest of my teams to create high quality software. I also love analyzing problems and coming up with brand new solutions, but most important that I am trying to ensure that investing time and energy in the right areas.
That is why I made hard decision to change my current project to Microsoft Bing. My new team is not search engine, but this is something new to Microsoft and division called Local Deals and Commerce. I have been working for last 7 month in Architecture and Performance Engineering Team I want to thank them all. Not only because I have learned a lot professionally, I also had the honor to work with many talented, passionate people and most important that they were real family. That is why it was hard decision to make. I just found new team with more development opportunities, very interesting and new project.
Sometimes you just trying to go with the stream and you are very comfortable in things that you are doing, but that is not best case for me. I am trying to do my best in each project and team, that is why I help to finish our Administration Manager v1 project release and make production release smooth as possible as I can and find as many bugs with automation BVT and manual before release. My congratulations to APE and CAP team with this release, well done team!!!
My first working day in new team is today and that is really exciting for me, not only because BING one of the primary projects for Microsoft and only because I am working in new V1 projects, with test team that we are hiring people from scratch, but because I am working with new, interesting tasks and I am passionate in work that I am doing.
I just trying to clarify for reader that all projects are interesting until some point, but if you have many options to work on different projects simultaneously with new technologies, frameworks and people – that point is moving forward with you and that is what I want. I will be in touch with my previous team and friends from Customer Assistant Portal in CSS ECO. Bing (Local Deals & Commerce) is my new home and part of my life. I will be proud and glad when everybody around the world uses our software.
My new team called UAC - User-Centric Advertising and it is part of Local Deals and Commerce division. "The DealExchange is the most comprehensive platform for sourcing, distributing and monetizing local deals," said Chandu Thota, co-founder of The Deal Map. "Working with a technology leader like Microsoft bolsters our leadership position and highlights a period of explosive growth for The Dealmap. "We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Microsoft in ways that will deliver value to consumers and continue to rapidly grow our business." Instead of building another program, we're harnessing deals from major providers and retailers, including Groupon, LivingSocial, Nordstrom, Target and many others, to help you cut through the clutter and find the best deals in one central location.
Now you have a place to browse, find and purchase. Because we’ve done the work, all you have to do is go to bing.com/deals. Bing Deals Beta with loyalty program in 12 cities across the US in order to bring a new relationship-focused element to deals. Deals will no longer be a one-time engagement, but rather, the Microsoft Punchcard program will integrate a loyalty program tied to the deal that gets better with more engagement.
Businesses will have the opportunity of staying connected with their customers and offer programs that reward their customers for repeat business. Businesses will also have the opportunity to offer “accelerated deals” whereby the deal can become more valuable once the number of customers purchasing the deal crosses a defined threshold.
Furthermore, bing Deals will enable giving back to the community by enabling local merchants to offer deals in partnership with local schools with a percentage of the proceeds going towards schools’ fund-raising efforts - continuing a long history of local businesses supporting local community initiatives.
Bing Deals is a great way to find and connect with the local businesses in your community. You can discover deals posted by restaurants, spas, hair salons etc. in a number of ways. On top of all of that, there are some updates to the Bing Business Portal, which will let businesses better manage their presence, the company says. These include tools to offer detailed info about your business and other marketing tools.
A nice feature is that you can look at Deals nearby from the mobile version. While I can get to Bing Deals from m.bing.com (iPhone/Android), I’m not seeing it on the desktop version of the search engine yet. "With one click, you’ll see the top daily deals featuring the very best offers in your metro area," says Bing. "And by top deals we’re talking generally 30%-50% off! These are deals you definitely don’t want to miss so we made a special tab so checking is easy."
References
Bing Daily Deals: www.bing.com/daily-deals
http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2011/03/03/bing-launches-deals.aspx
Video: Bing Launches Deals
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/bing-launches-deals/1iibc5owt
Summary
When you are creating a remarkable career in software development in most cases, remarkable careers don’t come by chance. They require thought, intention, action, and a willingness to change course when you’ve made mistakes. Most of us have been stumbling around letting our careers take us where they may. It’s time to take control. The choices you make about which technologies to focus on and which business domains to master have at least as much impact on your success as your technical knowledge itself—don’t let those choices be accidental.
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