It’s Humorous How Quick Time Strikes…
Should you’d instructed me a couple of years in the past that I’d be sitting right here reflecting on 2.5 years at Microsoft — I’m undecided I might have believed you.
Like many people in tech, I’ve at all times beloved fixing issues, studying new issues, and (if I’m sincere) geeking out over shiny new expertise. However what I didn’t absolutely recognize again then was simply how a lot of this journey can be about individuals.
Know-how is highly effective — no query.
However it’s the individuals we work with, the shoppers we serve, and the relationships we construct that actually form all the things.
Trying again on the final 2.5 years, that’s been the most important lesson of all.
Working With The Greatest In The World
One of many absolute joys of working at Microsoft is the chance to work alongside — and be taught from — among the world’s finest software program firms, companions, and companies.
Day by day I get to talk to individuals constructing unimaginable issues.
Generally it’s a small group doing massive issues with restricted sources. Generally it’s a world organisation remodeling how they function at scale.
However in each dialog, the fervour, creativity, and curiosity individuals convey to the desk is inspiring.
And I don’t take that as a right for a second.
It’s an actual privilege to get a front-row seat to innovation — to see how companies are utilizing cloud expertise not simply to drive effectivity, however to resolve real-world issues.
Studying & Rising within the Cloud
Once I first stepped into my function at Microsoft, I knew it could be a studying curve.
Cloud expertise strikes quick. Day by day there’s one thing new to grasp, discover, or experiment with.
However that’s precisely what I like about it.
The final 2.5 years have been a journey of steady studying — not nearly expertise, however about individuals, problem-solving, and how you can actually add worth in a world that by no means stands nonetheless.
It’s not about having all of the solutions.
It’s about asking the proper questions, being curious, and staying open to studying.
What I’ve Realized Alongside The Approach:
Cloud isn’t nearly tech — it’s about outcomes. Simplicity wins each time. Folks don’t purchase merchandise — they purchase options to issues. Listening is extra highly effective than speaking. Neighborhood issues greater than ever.
Serving to Others Navigate The Cloud
Top-of-the-line components of my function is getting to assist others on their cloud journey.
That could be advising on structure. It could be exploring new concepts. It would merely be listening to the challenges they’re going through.
Regardless of the state of affairs, my purpose is straightforward:
Make issues simpler. Assist individuals transfer ahead. Be a trusted voice in a loud world.
As a result of expertise ought to be an enabler — not a blocker.
That’s what will get me off the bed within the morning. The prospect to take one thing complicated and make it easy. To assist individuals join the dots. To share what I’ve discovered (usually the laborious manner!) so others can keep away from the identical pitfalls.
And let’s be sincere — there’s nothing higher than seeing the lightbulb go on for somebody when all of it clicks.
The Different Aspect of Life: Household & Actual Priorities
After all, whereas all of this has been taking place professionally… life has been simply as busy (and simply as rewarding) at house.
I’m extremely fortunate to have a beautiful spouse and three superb children who preserve me grounded, entertained, and on my toes every day.
There’s nothing fairly like shifting from a buyer name about cloud technique… straight into serving to with homework, refereeing sibling squabbles, or watching one other episode of Bluey.
Parenthood has a humorous manner of reminding you what actually issues.
It teaches you persistence. It teaches you empathy. And most of all, it teaches you that life is messy, unpredictable, and exquisite all on the identical time.
Balancing Work & Life (Form Of)
Like many individuals in tech, I’m nonetheless determining the entire “stability” factor.
Work might be intense. Life might be chaotic. However I’ve discovered that being absolutely current — wherever you might be — makes all of the distinction.
Once I’m at work, I attempt to give it my finest.
Once I’m with my household, I attempt to unplug and present up absolutely.
It’s not at all times excellent (spoiler: it hardly ever is). However that’s actual life. And I wouldn’t have it some other manner.
Trying Forward
As I look to the long run, I don’t know precisely what the following 2.5 years will maintain.
Cloud expertise will preserve evolving. The world will preserve altering. And there’ll at all times be new challenges to face.
However right here’s what I do know:
I need to continue learning.
I need to preserve serving to individuals.
I need to preserve constructing relationships that matter.
And I need to preserve displaying up — as a technologist, a storyteller, a dad, a husband, and a human.
As a result of on the finish of the day, that’s what that is all about.
Closing Thought: Folks First, All the time
No matter you’re engaged on… no matter expertise you’re utilizing… no matter targets you’re chasing…
Don’t lose sight of the individuals on the coronary heart of all of it.
Know-how will preserve altering.
However kindness, empathy, and human connection by no means exit of favor.
That’s what I need to construct my profession on.
That’s the legacy I need to depart.
Not simply constructing issues.
However constructing individuals up.
