Dec 12 2011

The Red Pill

Tagged: career microsoft

You may have noticed I’ve been getting into Azure recently. You could say my head’s going to be even more in the cloud than usual, because I’ve accepted a position with Microsoft as an Azure Technical Evangelist.

Admittedly, I was relatively late to the Azure party. I’ve been seeing so many colleagues do amazing things with it - Brian Hitney with Rock, Paper, Azure, Mike Linnen with his Netduino/Service Bus/WP7 solution, and Mike Diiorio’s presentation at the Richmond Code Camp. Once I dove in, I couldn’t look back, and now, I’ll be finding just how far the cloud goes.

Building 24My team is amazing and I’m honored to be a part of it. I’ll be working with/for Wade Wegner, Nathan Totten, James Conard, Drew Robbins, and a lot of other bright, talented folks in Building 24. I’m not sure what specific Azure areas I’ll focus on out of the gate, but API’s and SOA’s are areas of interest to me and I hope to focus in those areas. Right now, I’m just thankful to have the opportunity and look forward to getting started.

The next few months will be interesting, to say the least. The position is based out of Redmond, so after years of wanting to near Seattle (my favorite city so far), my family will finally have the opportunity. We’ve started investigating our options and preparing ourselves, and we have been overwhelmed at how hospitable and helpful Microsoft is being to help in the transition.

12 Comments

  • Jim said

    That's great news for you, although your departure from Charlotte shall leave a serious black hole in the community. Good luck in your new role, and I'll see you at the local conferences I'm sure.

    Also, there should be a going-away party. With stouts and stogies.

  • Pierre Semaan said

    Congrats, bro! Can't wait to say to people, "You know Brady Gaster? I used to work with that guy!" :)

  • Brian Keller said

    Congrats! Welcome to the team, Brady. And now that you've switched to Azure, I'll consider it my job to get you to switch from GitHub over to the Team Foundation Service. :-)

    Let me know if you need anything as you get settled.

    Brian Keller

  • Michael Favro said

    Congratulations, Brady! Good luck in your new position.

    I was just up in Seattle for a long weekend and remember why I loved living there.

  • A'braham Barakhyahu said

    Congrats! Now I'm sorry I didn't get down to NC. :) You seemed to have a high level of enthusiasm and excitement, so I think you'll do well. All the best.

  • Mike Diiorio said

    Thanks for the kind words, Brady! Congratulations on the new gig. It's always nice to know the Code Camp attendees are listening and I'm glad I could help out.

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