I have really enjoyed working at Microsoft in the Windows Mobile Multimedia Group as a Program Manager for the past 15 months. And I’d do it all over again in a heart beat. Windows Mobile was my favorite product group at Microsoft and as a former intern, I was able to specify this is where I wanted to end up. However, you don’t get to decide which team you end up on. Landing on the Multimedia Team was an awesome experience. What’s cooler than working on the multimedia experience on mobile phones? I got to work on interesting features that I can’t really talk about in this blog post. Suffice it to say, it was a good experience.

I left Microsoft on January 4th, to work on emptyspaceads, a company I founded and have been working full time on for the last month… and one that I feel has huge potential. More on that later… but if you’re impatient check out the emptyspaceads blog.

One last thing: if you’re an entrepreneur and you’re broke (like I was in October of 2006 when I started), Microsoft is a pretty great place to be. You can learn new things, build relationships with smart people, and most importantly have time to work on your venture on your own time. I feel start-ups are great, but it’s hard to pursue your own projects while working at one. Microsoft has reached the point in its existence that its employees (in most product groups) don’t work 100 hours/week, freeing you up to pursue your projects.