The Future of Telecommuting

I truly believe that the future of employment will be much more individualistic and that requiring people to move will be an anachronism. Right now,...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: Misc Tips & Tricks

I used to drive up because it gave me the freedom of traveling whenever I wanted and I always had a car on the far end. Besides the speeding...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: What Are the Consequences?

When I went to work for Microsoft without moving up, I knew I was making a tradeoff. Before Microsoft, I spent a lot of time traveling, so MS meant...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: Can You Communicate Effectively From Home During Meetings?

Communicating during a meeting is an art unto itself and has its own set of considerations: Learn to love LiveMeeting: If you can’t see faces, the...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: Can You Communicate Effectively From Home?

Assuming you can focus on work and you can find someone to hire you, effective communication is the next issue you’ll run into. When I was working...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: Can I Find Someone To Let Me Work From Home?

Assuming you decide you can and want to work from home for Microsoft, now the trick is finding someone that will take you. The first time, this took...

Working Remotely for Microsoft: Can You Focus On Work At Home?

First off, I don’t recommend remote work for folks who don’t like spending the vast majority of their time away from their colleagues, sometimes...

The Whiteboard Whisperer: Working Remotely for Microsoft

I’ve been at Microsoft about 4.5 years, the whole time a “remote employee,” i.e. I work mainly from my home in a suburb of Portland, OR but the...