My Microsoft 12 years

Author: Chen Lei

A few days ago, the phone is ringing, the telephone came the public relations department GE Yu sweet voice: "Eileen sister, Research Institute of the 10th anniversary this year, think of a book, writing to you.

"I want to write? not is not writeable, but you can write too much, but cannot write.

I'm from 1994 to 2006 Microsoft Corporation for 12 years, secretarial and human resources.

The last two years is responsible for research intern projects. You can say that my youth are and the company together.

If this 12-year growth compared to a tree, my perception compared to all the fruit of the tree top, it's time for me to pick which of the fruit to everybody? maybe the one of the largest fruit should be called love, gratitude, learning, growth, health, balance.

Love, love the harvest

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous, or boastful or arrogant or rude, not arrogant or rude, not shy, not for their own benefit, not to anger, not counting people of evil, not like injustice, just like the truth, all inclusive, we believe that everything looks forward to endurance.

The New Testament in I Corinthians 13: 1-13

The Bible in this love of Carols, always read all that I was very moved.

Many people say that the company is a person in order to earn money, don't pay too much emotion. In the workplace will feel more like a battlefield and outside the company, full of competition, in order to survive and develop to perseverance, will stop at nothing. But Research Institute's cultural atmosphere, which has the capability of the good guys, be led by their behavior out of my colleagues on the bright side of human nature. Make everyone although after years of working hard, but keeping a soft place.

I have experienced in the Research Institute of the sad thing is voice group colleagues Zhou Jian to note 1 of premature death.

And his work on contact, but every time I saw him, even if it is encountered in the hallway, Hello, is a pleasure. Several times during a meeting of all homes went out together, he came up to me, would say, "may I help you bag it" really is a gentleman. He disclosed this Act on persons of good will and gudaorechang, his eyes being sincere concern, let me move. Kin to whatever goes, is the place where the Gospel. Today, such a person go, leaves us endless grief. But he lives the best interpretation of love and sincerity.

In 2006, I brought 12 outstanding interns to note 2, at the headquarters of the access to the home of Mr. Bill Gates barbecue.

Students special feeling our way to get help. For example, to the first day, strangers, and it is the weekend. There are several Headquarters colleagues came to take us to the Mall, we feel deeply moved, on one side and very guilty about taking up their rest, the amount of time with their families. They probably know our psychological care for us in every possible way, and not let us feel "less time".

Do intern projects, in order to let the students in the limited time to learn more about the Institute and its researchers work and life, we each month for the students organized a party.

I will ask some of my colleagues to present their group work progress and accomplishments, but also a special guest and students sharing his life experiences, the father of the "dark blue" xufeng-hung note 3 is the first participant, please. These usually very busy people, one is listening to the students, were promised a very straightforward, sometimes entire team mobilized wondering how to put the activity to be both informative and fun, in line with the characteristics of the students. Voice group of fellow FrankSoong note 4 at the Party on our interns have told a story gave me the impression of a very deep. He said he was in high school, his old school rarely speak. But one day he lectured to students when tears, saying he was sad because the night before, a few small railway station to the school, and students are seeing their classmates was hit, but did nothing, not to stop ... Frank said he will always remember their old headmaster and his very ordinary. I think I remember Frank much time with her towel, I and some students also accompany his tears ... Old school principals may not think of, years later, his true love through his students will deeply touched by strangers are passed to a stranger. But that is so extraordinary things daily grains nourishes our hearts. We also have to student organizations in several period known as the MS ^ 2 Note 5 of the vocational training project, our instructor's ambitious continual inspired students put their hearts of love for others. Many students actually got released. After the training, I see more smiling faces, more small JP, help you open the door, lift, lovely. Each activity is finished, I will receive the students enthusiastic messages, their encouragement and friendship make my life every day was moved and moisture, which can also be unreservedly pay my feelings, this is a very happy and rare sensations. Leave the Institute, they purposely collect my photos of the calendar year of the Institute, I produced a short film, also in two large write on the guestbook full of blessing of discourse. These precious gifts always bring me comfort and good memories.

Institute is not a paradise but Research Institute in those kind of simple and colleagues and students love to each other, let me feel that each of us can give people a blessing.

And make me more firmly believes that only people their true love is the world's most valuable thing, is the key to solving all problems.

Research Institute, is the one that I can love and reap love.

Life is no such thing as a bitter

"Wisdom here every day.

To think in such an environment like a duck, we feel to be strong. ”

Recently, I wrote a few articles to share with me in working methods, such as the number of records management, project management.

Feedback received is "very enlightening." I and everyone jokes I write every word is dip (heart) blood and tears.

Many people are jealous of us at Microsoft this big company.

Because it is the world's richest man, is the world of the 20th century resulted in the most important impact of IT companies. Here visitors will laments, modern decoration and equipment of comfortable modern office environment, free atmosphere. Inside the company, this is a wise man who gathered in place, our colleagues from all over the world, have different cultural backgrounds, however common characteristic is working hard, tempo, with strong competition, proactive, meticulous quality requirements. Wisdom here every day. To think in such an environment like a duck, we feel to be strong.

If Microsoft compared to a vast sea, then I went into the company, is not about water-borne of plunging into the sea, left school with only one year I, although the school is a good student, but does not know how to do tricks every flustered feeling is struggling in the water, despite exhaustion, or mistakes in the work, not least torment my boss, also live very stressful.

I saved up for years doing the confidence of students also quickly evaporate. So I am very grateful to my first Manager — Microsoft China President Mr. Note 6 dujiabin know in case of grace and patience. Last year, my attempt to help a fresh graduates find work teaching her working methods, to help her change her messages in English, I think really hard. I give family beach made a short letter: "I'm helping a fresh graduates, feel very tired. You had to teach me so. "Oh, I wonder if he saw my SMS when laoleizongheng? he wrote back and said:" we know parents, reason is the same. To develop a like you normally do, in fact is a lot of fun. "I almost to tears. 

In like Microsoft this big company, self-learning ability to Super, forever without stopover ran.

In fact, this is a requirement of our time.

Foreign companies management system has been in existence for 100 years, has a full suite of management ideas and methods, and we went into this environment does not understand before.

In order to adapt to this environment, we of course want to race against time, go all out. After leaving Microsoft, my daughter is principal of the kindergarten has invited me to give them a little teacher I Microsoft experience. One of my friends to hear it. He said that my lectures in three words to summarize: "attitude, attitude, attitude". I'm not a Nimbus, learn things slowly. Fortunately, I have some good tenacity, attitude, Bermeo, constantly learning from mistakes, persevered, and only later in Microsoft more growth opportunities. I'm a long time did not know how to make a career plan, my only joy is more time to cherish the moment, things to do today. I often find that the efforts for before and after the work was important. For example, I'm as Secretary, is often asked to some employees and human resources (such as vacation), administrative (e.g., Visa), financial, legal and other related issues. I can say that you own to find the answer. But for the convenience of everyone, I'll put some frequently asked questions compiled posted, lest they as well as to find the answers to these questions. I do my human resources manager Tang Kang note 7 let me do the employee handbook, I do a lot of things are used, but also because I and these colleagues are already familiar with, they are actively cooperate with my work, so this work is efficientTo complete. Life is no such thing as a bitter.

Of course, in the process I greatly with the power of others, accept everyone's help, and even criticism.

Thanks for the love of God, I had so many excellent managers worked around, and see how they think, how to behave, really benefit from life.

Learning, learning, and learning

"People have come out of the way, reading of the book, see it all.

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Microsoft is rich in good turn a good youth, our colleagues from various departments are my problem (sometimes is seems not so smart questions) "bombing".

Sometimes I do not know what to ask for my confusion, side edge finishing train of thought to ask. I was asking questions bingzhuo "only foolish for five minutes, do not ask people stupid life" faith ask because we are from small to large experience and ask questions of the people is being laughed at. However, everyone was very patient with me. But I found that the more the master on the problem the more simple, more clearly, the more we give people confidence. Example!

Also thought you'd have a problem, take the initiative to help.

I just switched over to human resources, no idea. In the United States at the headquarters of the Institute of human resource manager Mary and I never met before. Once phoned, she told me, you take the initiative to help me apply for all kinds of resources, also recommended that we play times per week, to answer my questions, I have a problem you can always ask her. Always think of her, all very moved. I have not had a chance to reward her. I think the best reward is perhaps not so return to help others.

I am very grateful to the company as we provide a variety of training, it is a great investment.

I basically do not miss any time learning opportunities. I went to a training course, often to work bottlenecks, stress is very large, very painful. These training often can help me from hard work out of thought, find, sort out the problem. When I found out that many issues do not occur in a human body, my heart will relax, and self-confidence. And lecturers and other participants of the interaction is that I get good inspiration. Back, many problems are solved.

The following are some of my participation in training and on my main effects:

Training content experience professional standards to maintain a good working attitude and thinking habits, positive, good faith, to have Thanksgiving heart; "to give than to receive more blessed." Project management life everything can be used as a project to manage. Time management life of self-management, prioritizing the order determining the work, develop good work habits, learn to use tools. File management is organized, as far as possible to find things on time. Pressure management pressure, don't let negative feelings affect health. Good questions to ask questions the smart people at only, no stupid question, only stupid answer. Efficient communication between the four communication style (thinking, decisive, catchy and phenotype), people with different talents and others empathy, appreciation and admiration for the most important. Presentation skills will help others understand the speech of your ideas, influence is in foreign companies survive one of the most important skills. Image courtesy you want to be like, how to package yourself. I envy the self-confidence, elegant, wisdom woman.

In Microsoft's 12 years of work and life have I opened vision, realize what "people have come out of the way, reading of the book, see it all.

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Health and balance

"Professional always we inadvertently brought subtle.

Employment truly empower our not pay nor a social platform, which is a unique way of life and ways of thinking, let us mature — one day, we will sincerely appreciate it. ”

Now all the companies in the advocacy work and life balance.

I think this is very important. Particular access to inner peace.

There are words in the Bible is called: "parenting in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

"To go the right way, you first have to have the correct values. Person, an institution. Find online the first phase of the Research Institute of communications Dr. Kai-Fu Lee wrote Dean topic note 8 inside on the Institute's leadership, research, employee satisfaction, free, genuine, equality, environment, and contribution to society, looking back, the ten-year-old Institute have made it. It not only continues to attract good staff, excellent performance, but also as social develop a large number of peopleBefore, we also have a high degree of recognition. In one of our Institute, and the same values, know yourself every day to do the right thing, then tired are willing.

However, many experts say that modern man of a very big problem is the anxiety.

At Microsoft, a fast-paced company, this is inevitable, although sometimes I did not know. Think at first, the Institute was founded, I have to do every day. Once I got the grin off your face expression is Kai-Fu, he saw a leisurely said: "relax bar", I learn a distress to the Governments in the future, but my heart still worried. Just leave the company at home and rest, my daughter is principal of the kindergarten of Li Yue, infants note 9 recommendations I returned home, properly adjust themselves when things do not look for rush. She had a short message to me said: "flexible MOM: home exercise Qingxin, walk to a step by step to step, do not allow yourself to panic. If only one day to enjoy a good time. So you want to go with your own challenge and let the heart. "I first knew I was in the image of others. I'm still practicing yourself, allow yourself to relax and enjoy life, whether it is work or dinner. I feel that God has given us the gift of every individual are different, we just didn't waste our ability to do things worthy of his own conscience. I begin to forgive and accept ourselves and their reconciliation, tolerance for others. I deeply appreciate only themselves to live comfortably, especially heart really stretch the relaxed in order to take care of the family.

Previously I've been working to create every opportunity for his daughter, for example, to give her a good kindergarten, but very few energy cares about her inner world, her emotional needs.

So her emotional and learning have experienced some difficulties. Her main teacher to home visits, look into my eyes and said: "life is short, and child together time is shorter. You have such a lovely boy, you have no time to accompany her, maybe someday you will regret it. "My tears were streaming down, I have never been so sorry to realize that they need to keep the focus of life to his daughter and family.

I go home and just one month later, kindergarten to reflect that my daughter is getting a person becomes quiet, sensible, and you can tell the general sense.

Every morning, I have listened to her a deeply hug, kiss her little face, blessings on her say, let her face happy hanging out. One day, my family sitting together drink I made lemon honey drink, taste she made "dessert" (in fact, she put carrot cut into cubes, the plate swinging spruced up to end-to-table), she said: "Mummy, our family days really happy," I listened to the good.

I have worked in a fashion magazine, see an article entitled "and" professional grow together, author of the article is one in foreign companies grappling with a girl called qianjing, she said in a statement I have resonance.

She said: "professional always we inadvertently brought subtle. Employment truly empower our not pay nor a social platform, which is a unique way of life and ways of thinking, let us mature — one day, we will sincerely appreciate it. ”

Looking back at Microsoft for twelve years of his career, in addition to the "good", I can hardly imagine a more appropriate word to describe these days at the back of my mind of precipitation.

Whether it be Research Institute was established at the time of the ceremony, I and another colleague Zheng Wei note 10 tired but happy to go out of the hotel, or managers of one heart and benefit from conversation; whether and with interns on MS ^ 2 courses feel individual is hiding but still can be fired, or at a charge of intern projects students enthusiastic support and actively encourage ... All of this have become my life's experiences a very valuable resource. Although, I now put life of gravity from career turned to the family, and will be more interested in transferring to the education, I believe you will have at all times sufficient self-confidence and courage to face the future challenges in life — because I have grown together with Microsoft in the past 12 years.

The author describes

Chen Lei, graduated in economics and a master degree.

Current and timely jiaxun Consulting Co., Ltd., senior business consultant, worked at Microsoft for 12 years. Dr. Kai-Fu Lee has served as Chairman and Executive Assistant to Dr. Zhang. After served as human resources officer, student project officer. Most proud is the privilege as one of the founders of Microsoft Research Asia, braved Institute from birth to thrive. The most fun a job is from 2004 to 2006 is responsible for the Research Institute of intern projects, kids, and the students they forged a profound friendship. She hoped that the future will continue to have the opportunity to share with the students ' life experiences, common progress.

Note 1, Zhou Jian to: 1999 joined Microsoft Research Asia, engaged in the voice aspect of research.

He is cheerful and optimistic, dedicated to the research work.

Note 2, Microsoft Research Asia's "rising star" intern project starting in 2005, the annual award of 10 or so excellent intern, organizations they went to Microsoft headquarters, to more than

-Gates House is accessed in one of the most important activities, as described in the news.

Note 3, xufeng-hung: 1997 11 may, IBM supercomputer "dark blue" defeated represents the highest level of human chess Grandmaster of a sensation in the world. ksparov

In the "dark blue" behind, is known as the father of the "dark blue" and "dark blue" hardware, software, system designers xufeng-hung. At Microsoft Research Asia, everyone nickname him as CB, namely CrazyBird (mad birds).

Note 4, namely Dr. song ge, Microsoft Research Asia voice group leader.

Note 5, MS ^ 2 = Microsoft MasterProgram abbreviation, is designed for students to do a training program, including vocational and technical training two pieces of content.

Note 6, dujiabin: 1995-Microsoft (China) co., Ltd. 's first President.

Note 7, Tang Kang, are responsible for Alibaba's Vice President of human resources, Microsoft co., Ltd. (China).

Note 8, please see the original: http://research.microsoft.com/asia/dload_files/newsletter/1stmsrnewsletter.pdf

Note 9, Li Yue, son of the founder of the Pakistan Academy, her Li Yue, infant education network is concerned.

Note 10, Zheng Wei, Microsoft Research Asia was established in the previous week to join the company, now another foreign company-human resources manager.