East travels

Author: Matt · Scott (MattScott)

This article from the author's works in English "A Journey tothe East" translation.

This article was previously published under translation was Ms. Jiang Yi Chiu.

I started at Microsoft Research Asia stories to Qi (Qi).

Is not a mysterious energy "gas" (Qi), but an ordinary people — Zhang Qi. In July 2004, when I was just Microsoft's Redmond Headquarters, a curious new recruits graduates, she is my Word product development team manager, later she became my real friend. Qi in Sichuan, well versed in Chinese thought and culture, from her where I learned a lot of Chinese culture and customs, which sparked my interest in China. With the Office product cycle loop time so a year to go until the end to a successful launch. My heart is full of tension and excitement to Qi asked career next the DPRK go. She knows me on study of fanaticism and interest in China, maybe it was my life the best career development advice: go to the Microsoft Research Asia! Qi I recommend to innovative engineering Center Manager Mr Johnson.

When I first at Microsoft headquarters office to see Mr Johnson Manager was tensions mood immediately at ease.

He passed on practical work and working environment of a genuine and compelling story, gave me a rigorous yet funny, it is unprecedented for an interview. This is a tremendous opportunity, "software engineer" this position not only to meet the wishes of my career in research, and work locations in China, to better satisfy my desire to respond to new challenges, I will be freed from their comfortable circle, not only to explore an entirely different culture, but also in the exploration of my own.

At the end of 2006 I started working at Microsoft Research Asia, he finds himself became curious new recruits graduates, but this is the "independence" in a foreign land as an example.

Previously, I had never stepped out of the half-step (up just to visit Canada Whistler skiing), but now I'm in China, do not speak Chinese, you do not have any friends and relatives, but these are unexpected, because this is my first time living in a warm family of comfortable environment. Than I expected, a completely independent life even let my progress so quickly.

If only because in China makes me grow much faster than in the United States, this is certainly not full on, the main factor is that I serve the world's top research laboratory — Microsoft Research Asia.

Not only because of my work tasks more stunning, because here the morale: with the help of software to change the world of passion and energy is everywhere, it abounds in I met any physical body. From the beginning of the day, I have been deeply touched because the laboratory to attract talent, because the synergistic effect of skills so that this laboratory was so prolific — not only to academic contributions, but also technology transfer to other Microsoft products. In this lab work me those talented, stained passionate colleagues, infecting at me and inspires me to constantly move forward, growth!

My colleagues are not only familiar with the skills, and often the technology beyond to help me.

It's everywhere love and open mind so that I no longer feel like a foreigner, but more and more like their family members.

I am impressed that I spent in China the first spring.

Before the holidays, my colleagues Wei Hao asked me what's the plan, although at the time I was not familiar with him, but when I told him he doesn't have any plans, he immediately offered to let me go to his house, and his family Festival. He and his family gave me the most memorable time Chinese family cultural experience. That year, I spoke to his family with dumplings, watch CCTV Spring Festival evening party, together with the neighbours, and fireworks for the first time around the temple. These memories will be accompanied by my life.

As I work at Microsoft Research Asia ages, I found a positive attitude, good-hearted and skills in the lab can constitute a cultural conflict.

But the good side, I found and any people in the laboratory are all very easy. We are a very social groups of the population, the majority of the work areas are very extensive, daily afternoon fruit break always mutually stopping by, in the leisure room playing several games: table tennis, table football and billiards. However, most people closely linked to the moment is our team, as well as the entire Institute collective travel activities.

R > always makes me remember of a traveling the entire laboratory Associates flying to Lijiang, Yunnan. Activities under the theme of the film, so we left before the entire laboratory was randomly assigned to one team, so those weekdays at work never encountered such a casual colleagues combined together. As a researcher, I work circle limited to researchers and engineers. But this event but I and many funny, witty, personalized contact with colleagues. For example, I play partner Ms. Huang-Leng, she is a very good administrative manager. Our film is a love story, in the play I told Ms. Huang chills you put on very staid clothes play a couple of old age, in the course of the filming, I found that she not only work well, acting also goes without saying. Our entire team in creation with shooting until the last clip in to enjoy a great pleasure. Subsequently, each team films are in the big screen on the display, although we are not professionals, but works are surprisingly good. The event was over, the colleagues of different areas of mutual understanding, close to many.

Entertainment is just part of life in the Institute, the work is our focus.

Work, let me more in-depth understanding of their own, and gives me the opportunity to give back to the original stretched his arms to welcome my laboratory. That impressed me most was the first time I work at Microsoft Research Asia, our Group Manager Mr Johnson gave me a good opportunity to participate in image processing and a mobile device project, although at the time I in these technical experience is still very limited. He gave me their trust, let me get in these areas to learn and grow. I and the interns but together to research and technology, to overcome difficulties and to work hard, we made the model demonstrates, was elected at the annual Microsoft technology section on display.

Another series is my chance to grow, from my direct manager Chen Gang.

I had said to him, wants to try to develop the Group's leadership. He seriously my request and give me enough confidence, has given me the opportunity to lead several projects. From small office to lead the interns and new engaged employees down to work, and gradually gained some success, and ultimately have the opportunity and our innovative engineering Center General Manager Dean • SI Lawson and scientists Chandra, and from the new technology development Department of Ms. Zhao Jing jointly carried out a series of innovative search related research projects. During this time, I not only had the opportunity to lead and programming, but also to research itself made a direct contribution. Hard work to see the results: our products to Microsoft technology section on display, some valuable patents, and have the opportunity to directly to Bill Gates demonstrated our one search item. He expressed appreciation for this, and would like to see this technology as soon as possible transfer to Microsoft products.

To date, my "visiting" the road is still in progress, and I hope to have it.

This will be my future life in the most fruitful one time experience. My success to all the people around me — I encounter every day in the streets of Beijing, the locals to Super warm, bright and friendly colleagues, to along the way by making friends, and have demonstrated exceptional leadership and Ken-empowers others trust managers, these people make me feel part of a family of Microsoft Research Asia, and I can say with pride: China, my home.

Authors:

Matt · Scott, New York, 2004 gained from Boston University and a Bachelor's degree in computer science, immediately after becoming Microsoft's full-time employees.

At Headquarters, he was in Office products group of Word team, committed to the 2007 edition of the publication. He joined Microsoft Research Asia at the end of 2006, the innovation project center research software development engineer, mainly around the image processing/computer vision, search, and mobile platforms in areas such as research and development. His goal is to put the technology into Microsoft products, and incubation of new projects. He loves exploring the Chinese cultural and historical monuments, like searching for local features snacks, and is more spicy!