I started here 29 years and 10 months ago, I met my future wife the next day. We designed websites for 14.4 modems, I designed stock charts and UI for the #1 personal finance site in the world, the guys sitting next to me who swore (a lot) created the Xbox, people left to go sell books (AMZN) and create an auction site (EBAY) on the internet.
I worked in advertising, we fought against competitors, the government fought us, we fought ourselves, I worked on acquisitions, and built reporting that changed an entire organization with transparency and created a whole new category of advertising. I helped make web analytics a reality for an industry, I studied habits and users and built models and forecasts that were right, I have worked with amazing people on earnings and CEO scripts for a decade. I travelled to Europe often and met incredible people and experienced cultures that we return to with our family.
I ran Windows analytics and fell in love with finding anti-patterns and created a whole new category of competitive insights and now continue with a little bit of all of this as we figure out the impact of AI on the world. I worked for amazing people and learned how to care for people and discovered the growth mindset.
Luckily, 10 years ago, our culture met an authentic change agent named Satya Nadella. He changed how we talk and listen to each other and gave the quietest person in the room a voice. I cannot express how lucky I am to continue this work with a team I love like family and with selfless partners who bring passion every day. Work in this period at Microsoft has never been more exciting. #lucky #microsoft
“When the paradigm shifts, do you have something to contribute? Because there is no God-given right to exist if you don’t have anything relevant.”
For our latest cover story, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke to Jeremy Kahn about the AI arms race.
Read the cover story here: bit.ly/3QV0yHU
Engineering Leader @ Epic Games | Former Square/Block
3moCan SQ go back to $280 now please! 😅📈