The girls got the opportunity to visit both “One Microsoft Place” (OMP) and “One Microsoft Court” (OMC). Ciarán Mc Cormack very kindly showed the girls the workings of “The Garage”. This is a space where Microsoft employees collaborate and experiment on their creativity. Microsoft customers are also invited to team up with employees for “high speed growth mind-set activities”.
John Twomey and John Lane shared their long standing careers with the girls.
John Twomey spoke about his job as Software Development Engineer and emphasised the importance of a diverse working environment and the importance of women in STEM.
John Lane shared his experience of his technical days at Microsoft and how his career has evolved and he now works in the Sales and Marketing division of Microsoft.
The girls really enjoyed the visit and were very grateful to the Microsoft employees for taking their time to share their knowledge and experience of working in one of the world’s largest software and clouding computing services companies.