{"id":1682,"date":"2012-10-03T06:56:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhargavs.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2012-10-03T06:56:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T10:56:41","slug":"new-beginning-aka-leaving-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhargavs.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/03\/new-beginning-aka-leaving-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"New Beginning (aka Leaving Microsoft)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you who followed my blog on TechNet may already have know the news and you can tune me out\u2026 or should you?<\/p>\n

If you are only following me here on my bhargavs.com blog, This may be news to you.<\/p>\n

Leaving Microsoft isn\u2019t a decision you can make easily. Working for such a company is a privilege. Working with such an amazing talent everyday is something to die for. Working to produce, deploy and support such amazing products is something to be proud of.<\/p>\n

So, why am I leaving?<\/p>\n

I have been working on design\/deploy\/manage\/support numerous technologies since I started my career about 17 years ago. While in different flavors, I kept eating the same ice-cream. Not that I don\u2019t like ice-cream. I totally LOVE it.<\/p>\n

However, it is time for me to do something else. Something different and new. Something that I wasn\u2019t planning for. Something I didn\u2019t think of actively. But pleasant accidents are part of my life. Becoming IT Pro when by education I am a civil engineer was by accident, not planning. Leaving my home in India to face huge unknown and a new culture in US, wasn\u2019t planned but happened in sudden succession of chain of events, pleasant accident and no planning!<\/p>\n

And now this. This new role that came along. New role that is taking me into a huge unknown. New challenges that will take me completely out of my comfort zone. And I was taught in my first week at Microsoft that in order to grow, you must look for challenges that take you out of your comfort zone. I guess I took it to heart!<\/p>\n

Microsoft has taught me a lot, given me a lot, cared for me a lot and that will never be forgotten. Leaving such a company earns me a label of defector, traitor and all fun names you can call it. However, I have yet to find one person in Microsoft who actually was serious when they said that. Everyone wished me well, offered to stay in touch and reach out if I ever needed their assistance or help. That\u2019s the spirit of Microsoft.<\/p>\n

Next natural question in your mind is, where am I going? Unlike popular belief that most Microsoft employees leave for major competitors, or start their own business, for me, it\u2019s not the case. I am going to work for a company that is my type. Young, energetic, agile. They have a good product that has huge potential. The product that I am hoping that in my role I will be able to make even more AWESOME. Even more successful. Even more respected. The company I am now working for is KEMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You may be asking next, if I am going to continue working on my passion, Exchange and Lync. The answer is yes! I will continue my lifelong learning of such amazing products and will continue to contribute to community through my personal blog here, as well as the User Group I started few years ago in Philadelphia area: http:\/\/www.phillyexug.org<\/a>. I will continue delivering training at MCM Exchange rotations. And since I am also a certified trainer (MCT), you may see me delivering MOC training sporadically.<\/p>\n

I also invite you to connect with me on twitter @bhargavs<\/a> and linked in at http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bhargavshukla<\/a> as well as Kemp on twitter @kemptech<\/a> and on facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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