Hugh Williams is a Software Design Engineer at MSN Search. This blog is all about being a developer on the team.http://blogs.technet.com/hughewilliams/atom.xmlCommunity Server2005-09-02T02:35:00Zhttp://blogs.technet.com/hughewilliams/archive/2005/09/02/410152.aspx2005-09-02T04:35:00Z2005-09-02T04:35:00Z<P>I was in the car on the way home from the <A href="http://flickr.com/photos/tags/msnsearchhike2005/">team hike</A> when Jim (my manager) suggested to me I start this blog. I like writing, I did it&nbsp;almost for a living,&nbsp;so it made sense. And so here we are and here we go.</P> <P>What am I going to blog? What's it about? Good question, we'll figure it out properly as we get warmed up. Right now, I'm aiming to give a perspective on what it's like to develop a search engine on our team, ship great products fast, and what I do day to day most days at work. As a new Microsoft hire -- I've been here about 6 months -- I'll also try and get to the core of what the culture's like from first impressions, what it's like to be a developer here, and why I believe we're on the road to success. I'll also give you&nbsp;some insight into why I took the path from <a href="http://hughwilliams.com">researcher</a> to software engineer, and from&nbsp;being an evangelist for Open Source&nbsp;software (for example, I wrote <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webdbapps2/">this book</a>) to being a Microsoft guy.</P> <P>So, that's the introduction. Tomorrow, I'll&nbsp;get started on the story. Right now, we're 10 days out from a key milestone for&nbsp;the product I'm building, we've got some new team members joining, interns finishing up, and we're focusing on the road ahead. I'll explain more then...</P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=410152" width="1" height="1">hughewilliamshttp://blogs.technet.com/members/hughewilliams.aspx