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Techie-turned-lawmaker uses his Microsoft chops to challenge the status quo as a state senator

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(Washington State Democrats Photo) After a decade working in the tech sector, Joe Nguyen tackled his new role as a state senator like any good program manager. It proved a worthwhile exercise. He started using social media more extensively than many of his colleagues, creating a Facebook series dubbed “Olympia Explained.”

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. Philanthropy is part of Microsoft’s DNA and the scale of our social commitment takes my breath away.

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She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. She co-led the public service’s Emerging Strategic Issues exercise, which was recognized as “most innovative project” at the PS21 ExCEL Awards 2013. Reyhan Huseynova. Location: Azerbaijan.

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” Megan Brown, program manager at Microsoft working on Azure Quantum. “Social media, mostly. I primarily use the programming language R for doing data science and there is a welcoming and vibrant community of R users on Twitter. Megan Brown and her cat Apollo. Photo courtesy of Megan Brown). Jacqueline Nolis.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

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In 2021, a diversity recruiting program manager for Amazon Tech Ops in Nashville reached out to BUiLT, with the goal of meeting recruiting objectives for diversity. These events also highlight other nonprofit organizations, social-justice groups, and ally groups effecting change in the industry.

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I like that kind of social interaction part. So I would say primarily two and a half years, and I still don't do exercises that well, because I never look for XSSes. You can ask questions, and you can talk to the program managers. And so I was really invested in that. If you're not having a sponsor to pay for you to go.