Microsoft MVP Mentor Blog

This blog provides information about the MVP Mentor Program as well as student resources and success stories

Tell me everything a student wants to know about Microsoft!

Editor’s Note:  The following article was written by Microsoft Technical Evangelist Susan...

Date: 05/14/2015

Successful women share top tips for finding (and keeping) a mentor

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Stephanie Walden, and first appeared on...

Date: 04/30/2015

Announcing Visual Studio Code – Code editing redefined. Mac OS X, Linux & Windows.

At the sold out Microsoft Build Conference it was announced that developers can now build and debug...

Date: 04/29/2015

Curious about switching to a career in tech? Here’s how I did it!

Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Paul Olenick. Thanks Paul! Over the...

Date: 04/27/2015

Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference!

  Hello students, I wanted to let you know about a great free event that Microsoft and the MVPs...

Date: 04/17/2015

Microsoft joins forces with GitHub to offer students more free developer tools

  If you’re a student developer who is passionate about open-source development, then we have...

Date: 03/03/2015

Mathematical thinkers are key to our future: Microsoft is applying machine learning to all major applications

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Michelle Feder and first appeared on the...

Date: 01/15/2015

How To Make Your Internship Experience Sound Like A Real Job

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Andrea Landis, appeared on the Fast...

Date: 01/14/2015

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before and During My IT Education

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Andrea Landis, first appeared on the Levo...

Date: 01/13/2015

My Personal Mentoring Story, Career Choice in IT and Path to Microsoft – Part 4

Editor’s Note: The following article is written by me! With the New Year upon us, I thought...

Date: 01/12/2015

My Personal Mentoring Story, Career Choice in IT and Path to Microsoft - Part 1

Editor’s Note: The following article is written by me! With the New Year upon us, I thought...

Date: 01/05/2015

Doing Some Reading Over the Winter Break? These FREE eBooks will Help Increase your Technical Knowledge

Editor’s Note: MVP Mentors can help high school and college students develop and improve their...

Date: 12/23/2014

Top Shared Blog Post in 2014: How to Get on a Recruiter’s Radar: 3 Ways to Get Noticed

Editor’s Note:  The following article was written by Travis Scott, Veteran Recruiter and...

Date: 12/23/2014

8 Questions Every Candidate Should Ask In A Job Interview

Editor’s Note:  The following article was written by Jerome Ternynck and first appeared on...

Date: 12/23/2014

10 Professional-Development Tips for Programmers

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Rich Hein and first appeared on CIO.com....

Date: 11/24/2014

From Imagine Cup and Microsoft Research: Student Code Hunt Challenge!

  Sign up for the Imagine Cup Newsletter 2015 Code Hunt Challenge Competition Year: 2015 Active...

Date: 11/11/2014

Special Offer for Students: MCP Exam Discounts and Practice Test

Educators, great news for your students. Now through December 31, 2014, your students can take...

Date: 11/10/2014

Welcome to the US Imagine Cup 2015 Season. Submit Your Ideas!

  Editor’s Note:  Our MVP Mentors can help students with your Imagine Cup projects. And...

Date: 10/30/2014

Q&A with the SharePoint MVP Experts Chat On Oct 29th @1pm EST or 10am PDT

Hello everyone We are launching our SharePoint MVP Expert Chats again!  Do you or someone you...

Date: 10/28/2014

SharePoint MVPs Talk About Careers Working in IT

SharePoint MVP Rob Foster hosts a weekly podcast called The SharePoint PodShow.  By special...

Date: 10/06/2014

Ask These Four Interview Questions

  Melissa Travers:  Often college students are prepared to answer questions about their...

Date: 10/03/2014

Jobs Of The Future: Where They Are, How To Get Them

Editor’s note: This article was originally written by Lydia Dishman for the Fast Company....

Date: 09/22/2014

On the last day to apply to be a Microsoft Student Partner find out how Alec Crow Leveled up his Programming Skills as an MSP.

  Editor’s note: This article was originally written by s.t. johnson for the Student Developer...

Date: 09/15/2014

Gearing Up For a Career in Tech: Why Justin Wunder Became a Microsoft Student Partner

Editor’s note: This article was originally written by s.t. johnson for the Student Developer...

Date: 09/02/2014

MVP Mentors Imagine Cup Team Estimeet to Big Win

    34 teams from all over the world met in Seattle for the 2014 Imagine Cup World...

Date: 08/28/2014

Free OpenCourseware at MIT

Students be sure to check out this great resource!  There are several Introductory to...

Date: 08/27/2014

Meet John Scott Tynes, Microsoft Imagine Cup

  Previously a game designer with Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade, John Scott Tynes, Microsoft...

Date: 08/19/2014

Imagine Cup 2014 World Finals: July 29–Aug. 2

Microsoft is celebrating the twelfth year of Imagine Cup, Microsoft’s global student technology...

Date: 07/21/2014

Why I dropped out of Computer Science & what I would tell my 19-yr-old self

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Alexa Glick, Staffing Program Manager,...

Date: 07/16/2014

Microsoft Student Partner Shares His MVP Mentoring Experience

  The following article was written by Microsoft Student Partner Avirup Basu The Microsoft Most...

Date: 06/24/2014

How Students Can Better Position Themselves in the Job Market

The following article was written by L.M. Sixel / Houston Chronicle I recently shared job-search...

Date: 06/09/2014

Functional vs. Chronological Resume

  The following article was written by Travis Scott, Staffing Consultant, Microsoft OS Services...

Date: 06/03/2014

Apprentice v Graduate – Who’s right for your business?

Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Alan Richards Background When...

Date: 05/29/2014

Aligning Skills with Real World Business Benefits

  Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Steve Smith This article...

Date: 05/27/2014

English Students: Join Us on May 21st for a Live Webinar on "Windows (Phone, Apps, and Azure)"

Please join us on Wednesday May 21st where Client Development MVP and student mentor Karthikeyan...

Date: 05/15/2014

Rescheduled for May 19th: Encore Webinar in English: "Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript"

Please join us on Monday May 19th where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...

Date: 05/14/2014

English Students: Join Us on May 15th for a Live Webinar on "Developing Windows 8 Apps"

Please join us on Thursday May 15th where Visual C++ MVP and student mentor Angel Hernandez from...

Date: 05/13/2014

Encore Webinar in English: "Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript"

Please join us on Monday April 28th as SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...

Date: 04/26/2014

German Students: Join Us on April 21st for a Live Webinar on Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript

Please join us on Monday April 21st where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...

Date: 04/17/2014

French Students: Join Us on April 18th for a Live Webinar on Working with the Cross Domain Library in SharePoint 2013

Please join us on Friday April 18th where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Mamhoud Challouf will be...

Date: 04/16/2014