I've been talking about screens with Microsoft on this blog for the past couple of years; most recently I have been interviewing for a .Net Premier Field Engineer position, and I'm pleased to announce that 2 weeks and 8 hours of interviews later they have extended an offer, and I have of course accepted. So, I now work for Microsoft which has been a dream of mine forever!

What exactly is a Premier Field Engineer (PFE)? The MS careers site does a good job of summing it up:

The purpose of the Premier Field Engineer (PFE) position is to provide Microsoft customers with reliable technical solutions to the complex integration problems associated with business solutions built on the Microsoft platform. The PFE Team supports a diverse variety of technical solutions built with Microsoft technology and products Typical tasks performed in this role include specific problem isolation and correction, user and kernel mode debugging, conducting application design and supportability reviews, performance tuning, application stability consulting/troubleshooting, code reviews, and porting/migration assistance, configuration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. The prospective PFE candidate should draw upon all resources at Microsoft, to advise and consult on the use of Microsoft technologies to avoid such problems in the future.

And of course my team's specialty will be anything and everything related to .Net technologies targeting mainly fortune 500 companies (the Premier group within MS services large enterprises)...or anyone who can afford a premier contract :-). Getting to this point was not the easiest thing in the world, and in a couple of future posts I'll go over preparation, the process itself, etc for anyone who might be interested in what it's like (which if you Google 'Microsoft Interview' is quite a few folks).

I will also be in Seattle for 3 weeks doing initial orientation/training and whatnot...if there is any spare time between classes or whatnot I'd love to catch up with some of you guys (lurkers speak out!!!).

I'm beyond excited...this seems like an incredible fit. Five+ years in the making, and it finally happened. Sweet!

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