savas parastatidis

The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything…

… is answered with a simple ’42’ as we all know from the “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

And indeed, ‘42‘ is also the answer to the question for my next job’s location 🙂 I’ve mentioned in this blog a number of times that I was looking for a new adventure. After a long road of interviews, deciding on a number of opportunities (thanks to all of those who considered me), and finally two strong possibilities completely different in nature, I’ve decided to join the tribe over at Redmond (my interview with MS). So, Microsoft it is then and more specifically the Distributed Systems Group in building 42 (here’s the channel 9 tour with Don Box as your guide).

I think this is a fantastic opportunity for me to work with and learn from folks like Don Box, Oliver Sharp, Chris Sells, Doug Purdy, Steve Maine, Gudge, all the Indigo folks and many more at Microsoft. I am hoping to get the opportunity to work with Jim Gray as well at some point but only time will tell.

I am not going to say anything about Newcastle and my boss Paul Watson yet. I’ll leave that for a separate entry when the time comes to go. I have so many good things to say about Paul and Newcastle. I owe them everything. Anyway… when the time comes. If all goes well (e.g. visa etc.), I am looking to move to the US West coast sometime in August.

A new road ahead, a new journey starts, a great adventure begins!

15 responses to “The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything…”

  1. Mark Baker
    I’m *shocked*, shocked I tell you. 😎 Heh, congratulations, and best of luck spreading the state transfer message (har-dee-har).
  2. Don Demsak
    Congrats, and maybe we will get together at the MVP Summit at the end of Sept. and throw a WS-Sushi II.
  3. Dilip
    Congrats Savas! I knew this would happen sometime or the other. Lucky you – I would’ve given my right hand to get a chance to work with Don Box. BTW, I live in Texas. We *have* to catch up sometime!
  4. William T
    Belated Congrats ! I heard this from JWebber today while in OZ. I am sure this is a +1 for both MS and you and I am sure you will be a great asset to Microsoft and the world of commercial distributed computing.
  5. Mark Little
    An official congratulations Savas. Much luck in the future and I’m sure our paths will cross again 😉
  6. Andy Maule
    Congrats Savas! All the best. look forward to seeing you on Channel9.
  7. Kirk Maddison
    Congratualations Savas! Like Andy, I’ll be looking for you on Channel 9.
  8. Dion HInchcliffe
    Congratulations Savas! At least you should be used to the rain already. 🙂
  9. Sanjiva Weerawarana
    Congratulations Savas .. I have no doubt you’ll have a great time with Don and the team. It’ll be interesting to see whether your RESTafarian nature will dimish or infect the rest of the group ;-).
  10. Marc g
    Hey, congratulations! I’ll be seeing you in the halls soon. DSG is a great place to be.
  11. Daniel Moth
    Mpravo Savva kai ga*w tis douleies 😉 Congratulations!
  12. Stefan Tilkov
    A little late, but still: Congratulations! It would have been cool had Mark converted you to being a RESTafarian before you joined them, but so what 🙂
  13. Mark Potts
    Congrats, and hope the dark side treats you well ! Mark
  14. Sazi Temel

    Good luck my friend! I just read this from Mark’s weblog – sorry I am a bit late but.. Hope to see you sometime..

  15. Filtros para agua

    Hey, congratulations! I’ll be seeing you in the halls soon. DSG is a great place to be.