I'm So Excited!

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'nuf said.

 

 

I know it's bragging, but I'm sorry - I really couldn't resist.  It's been a very long time.

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  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    Care to explain for the rest of us?  So far I can come up with the following explanations: <ol> <li>You have finally upgraded to Vista <li>Someone has retired and you get their alias hoping to reduce spam <li>You have written a dialog similar to profile lookup in Outlook <li>You now have a title of Principal Software Development Engineer (although Microsoft is advertising for a lot of those) <li>You have credentials for education (another interpretation of SDE) <li>You managed to get the government to remove your middle name/initial </ol>

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    Congratulations Larry! It is well deserved!

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    Wow. Congratumalations are in order!

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    Congratulations, well deserved! :)

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    Congratulations. (I'm going to take a guess regarding the alias: "loster".)

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    OK, so for those of us that don't know you so well...  Why is this exciting?  The "PRINCIPAL SDE" part?  Which translates to...?

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    I presume the bragging is the "Principal SDE" part, eh?  Promotion?  Congratulations, Larry!

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Barry got it (not that it was a puzzle - I was intentionally obscure).  It's been about 20 years since I was last promoted, so it's been a while.  On Friday my title was "Senior SDE".

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congrats! What ballpark % of people are Principals?

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Larry- what is a Principal SDE? Is this a Level 68+ SDE?

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    You just can't hide it.. you know, you know, you know you want to..

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Holy cow!  I thought it was difficult to get a promotion at my company.  I hope I don't have to wait twenty years! Congratulations, Larry.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    congratulations!... and what does that mean now that you are "principal SDE"?

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    > loster Actually it's LaOs. (Not really.)

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congrats Larry.. by the way in my company we get promotions in around 3 years. Sad thing is there will hardly any difference in our before and after salary. They increase the % of some thing call variable pay which is always paid <100%. But, yes our title changes every three years.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congrats!  (But, err, I had assumed you already were... what's up with the long time between promotions?)

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Monica, as I've said, there's an intentional huge bar between Senior and Principal.  There's an even higher bar between Principal and Partner.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congratulations Larry! Your family must be proud of you.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congrats Larry! Onto partner-hood now ;-)

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congratulations, Larry.  I'm abundantly pleased for you.  The Principal SDE ceiling is a very difficult one to break through, and is as dependent on the opportunities you have as it is on your abilities. From what I've seen of you, Larry, you've had the ability for some time, and only needed the opportunity to exercise it. Again, congratulations.  This is a seminal achievement.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Larry has been at MS so long, I would guess that his alias is "larry" :)

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Congratulations Larry! BTW: Could you please explain to us non-Microsoft people the difference between Senior, Principal, Partner SDE? Thanks

  • Anonymous
    September 04, 2008
    Congratulations Larry!!!!  It's been long deserved. You all must be so excited-- and I hope you got a really great new TV.

  • Anonymous
    September 04, 2008
    Larry - mucho congrats. Of course, you now need a bigger wheelbarrow to take your paycheck home! But seriously, there are some devs at Microsoft worth their weight in gold, and you are most certainly one of them... Cheers, Mikehow

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2008
    I am thrilled for Larry and am always proud of him.  This wonderful promotion is acknowledgment of the great work he has been doing and the potential he has to do even more challenging work. I totally agree with Valorie -- we have always been proud of him.  To hear the excitement in his voice when he called with the news was priceless and made me so joyful for his recognition as a great asset to Microsoft.  His proud Mom.

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2008
    I am thrilled for Larry and am always proud of him.  This wonderful promotion is acknowledgment of the great work he has been doing and the potential he has to do even more challenging work. I totally agree with Valorie -- we have always been proud of him.  To hear the excitement in his voice when he called with the news was priceless and made me so joyful for his recognition as a great asset to Microsoft.  His proud Mom.

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2008
    Congratulations, Another post from the outside. I thought you were getting the promotion because you finally cracked the GUI LOVE MACHINE instead of remaining a bit-flipper (awkward sense of dis-humour there.) If all Microsoft SDEs were to communicate as well as you larry (which they may well do?) then Microsoft certainly remains with a bright future. Congratulations to you Larry, and more congratulations to Microsoft for recognising talent, dedication, and plain old sweat. Back to my kennel

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2008
    Actually it's primarily in recognition of the security work I've been doing for the past couple of years.   But showing the willingness to work in an area where I was totally unfamiliar certainly didn't hurt.

  • Anonymous
    September 06, 2008
    That is so cool!  How did you get your alias replaced with a smudge?  That's like something Prince would do.   :)

  • Anonymous
    September 06, 2008
    Aaron, you just need to know the right people to ask over in IT.  Working in Exchange for a while helps :)

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2008
    Congratulations, indeed -- it's well deserved.

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
    Hey Larry. I happened across your blog while searching for some information and saw this post. Congratulations! Well deserved. I hope all is well.

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
    Don't forget Principle Engineer, for people who are better at writing C++ than English.