Joining Microsoft
I’m very excited to announce that, starting November, I’ll be working as a dev within the SQL Server DP group - specifically on the .
The position is based in Redmond but I missed the H1B this year and so we’re heading up to the . By all accounts, Vancouver is a great place to live and my wife and I are looking forward to the change of scene - We both ski too and are stoked about having one of the right on our doorstep :-)
The decision to leave , the company I co-founded was, of course, not taken lightly. I’m highly proud of what I helped create there - especially LightSpeed (my baby originally). I will particularly miss the variety of discussion that occurs in a small, developer-led shop like Mindscape. In my opinion, starting a company is a truly worthwhile experience because it forces you to consider all those things other than the code - You quickly learn that it’s those things that matter more.
That said, working for a company like Microsoft gives you the opportunity to touch many, many people’s lives…and, hopefully, make them just a little bit better.
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Congrats Andrew - MS will be lucky to have you on board. I hope you have an awesome time there. I’m super jealous of the mountain you’ll be living next to.
Tim.
Congratulations Andrew…
Vancouver is great, in case I’d decide to leave Italy again, I’d love Canada better than USA.
Wow - congrats!
Thats fantastic news. It seems like the EF team really need people who have coal face experience with building apps.
Congratulations Andrew.
If they keep this up we can do poker nights @ redmond with a bunch of kiwi’s.
Congratulations on the gig… Hope you enjoy it!
Congrats - proud of you :-x
good on you AP! Going to work with Alex James by any chance?
Congrats on the move. You’re a very talented developer and deserve the recognition.
Thanks all!
@Nic, there is that possibility ;-)
A smart community kiwi joins Microsoft: Andrew Peters…
A smart community kiwi joins Microsoft: Andrew Peters…
Nice work AP!
Have always been keen on visiting Vancouver - now we have someone to stay with! ;)
Congratulations Andrew, an exciting moment in your life. Sure, you’ll make EF lighter and speedy :)
Congratulations! Very exciting time ahead.
Congratulations dude!
Microsoft are lucky to have you and no doubt a lot of people who have experienced the joy of Lightspeed are hoping you can provide the same kind of inspired approaches and insights to EF.
congrats Andrew, hope you really enjoy yourself. MS are lucky to have you on board.
Congrats again.
O
Congratulations man. Looking forward to the impact you will make on the EF - will be all the better for it.
Congrats man!
Have fun at Microsoft and enjoy Vancouver’s snow :-)
Gang
Looking forward to having you on the team!
There is nothing like a little bit of Kiwi to improve a team.
Andrew Peters joining the EF team…
Just a short one today, but a good one. Andrew Peters is on his way to Vancouver soon to join the Entity…
Andrew-
Congratulations on joining Microsoft. Ping my friend Ryan McMinn if you are ever down at the Redmond Campus… he was the one who pushed me to get Haml out there to the world, and you helped get it to a new community.
Kudos to you and goodluck!
-hampton.
Congratulations, Andrew!
I’m on a flight on Friday from Brisbane to Redmond… It is a big move, good luck with all the preparations! Hope I see you kicking around up there sometime.
Nick
Awesome news - I look forward to seeing what you can come up with in the EF group, I’ll imagine you’ll have plenty of fun!
Awesome work man, and very much deserved. Looking forward to seeing what you help create in the EF. All the best!!
Great news Andrew. I’m sure we’ll cross paths! :-)
Julie
Congrats!
Congratulations best of luck!
Congratulations Andrew nice work and best of luck!
@everyone,
Thanks! Hope to meet/see some of you soon.
This is great news for EF!
This is good news… good luck to you and Kara. Enjoy Vancouver, I’d take Canada over the USA any day of the week (-:
Congrats!
I’m off to Canada shortly too! Although I’m just going to be a ski bum to start with.
Just got back from hols and booyaa you are going corporate. All the best - I bet you will miss getting beat by fish hooks on the river.
As usual, I’m at least 2 months behind everybody else. Well done Andrew and don’t worry about Scott Hanselman wants to crush you! Keep up the good work.