Microsoft Reactor

Arrrrrrr, ye swarthy land lubbers. Come set sail with your pirate captain, the Dread Pirate Jim and his pirate crew as we set sail on the seven seas to find the finest treasure in the land – knowledge!
In this series our trusty pirates set sail on the Sea of Thieves, and share their galleon with a range of special guests from across the tech industry. Each episode will mix sharing tales of tech quests large and small to pass the time whilst we sail, with intense piratical action as we try to claim treasure.
This is the only series from the Microsoft Reactor where you can both learn how folks have achieved greatness in their fields, whilst watching how good or terrible they are at video games. So come join our crew, bring your questions for our guests, and let's all #BeMorePirate!

Episode 3:
Every good pirate in training takes time to sail with a crew, before committing to a captain once their training is complete. Students are the same – doing internships to try out companies and jobs before they commit to their first graduate role.
For this session, our crew is joined by a couple of young pirates who interned at Microsoft in different ways before taking graduate roles with the company. Eleanor Lewis started as an in-person intern on the Microsoft Redmond campus, a role that left her literally singing and dancing with joy. She is now a software engineer who Excels! Gustavo Cordido joined under more locked down circumstances, doing a virtual internship at the start of the pandemic. That experience didn’t put him off a life on the ocean waves, and he joined Microsoft as a developer advocate when he graduated.
As these fresh-faced pirates help us find where X marks the spot and dig for buried treasure, we will be discussing tech internships, what students are looking for in an internship experience and how tech companies can support them. We will also be exchanging tales of graduate recruitment, interview panels and what fun activities Microsoft had in store for them both as interns.

Hosts:
Jim Bennett, Regional Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Guests:
Eleanor Lewis, Excel Ingenuity Eng, Microsoft
Gustavo Cordido, Mixed Reality Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Checkout these links:
Microsoft Careers: https://careers.microsoft.com
Student and graduate careers: https://careers.microsoft.com/students
Microsoft the Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGeWNR8CWnA
Microsoft Garage internships: https://www.microsoftnewengland.com/garage
Start in tech as an intern on Microsoft Learn: https://aka.ms/TechAsAnIntern
Build your tech resilience on Microsoft Learn: https://aka.ms/BuildTechResilience