The intelligence and diligence of the people I work with is, by far, the most rewarding thing about my job. I don't know where else you could go to find a group of people who are as smart as the people at Microsoft. It's simultaneously energizing and humbling to be around them. The people here most excited me 11 years ago, and they excite me today. From his office on the third floor on the corner of one of Microsoft's busiest intersections, it's easy to feel the same.
Shuttles come and go from building to building.
You can see people talking excitedly in groups of twos and threes as they walk along the sidewalk. Even at the end of this long development campaign, there's still the buzz of enterprise, the sense that even now something huge is happening right in front of you, as if everyone is already thinking about what comes next. And from Soma's perspective, too, the story is still unfolding. The thing that makes people in the Windows team proud is that Windows2000 is going to change the way people do their business. I added to this effort will go on to change the world.