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3 Things I Learned Right After Joining Microsoft as an Azure Support Engineer
I joined Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) back in July 2022 and ever since then I have been consciously keeping track of what I have been learning, be it about tech or not.
Before Microsoft, I was in an AI-centric startup, Tapway, which takes advantage of cloud technologies (mainly AWS) to provide computer vision-powered solutions to clients throughout the region.
Considering my career shift from startup to big tech, I am taking this chance to not only keep a record of the top 3 things I learned from my first few months at Microsoft, but also sharing them with whomever is interested to get a sneak peek of the culture here.
What I Do at Microsoft
I work as an Azure support engineer in the Data and AI space, mainly supporting these products:
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure SQL DB
- Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
What does that mean? I work closely with a team of support engineers, with access to a wide range of internal resources in order to facilitate customer’s…