Yesterday, Genny and I went to CMU-Q to talk to the students and faculty about life as an alumni and as part of their "Making the Connection" Lecture Series. We had fun talking to the them and showed them life in Pittsburgh and CMU and what is what like to go through the interview process and work your way towards graduation. Genny spoke about banking and how math is an integral part of her career. I spoke about computer science and the future of technology. Anyhow, it was a good feeling being back with students and feeling like you are helping in some small way.
Afterwards, we had lunch with Andy Zrimsek, a writer for Carnegie Mellon. She interviewed us about alumni relations and what is was like for a graduate living in Doha. They are going to publish the story in the next issue of Akhbar.
I'm not quite used to speaking while there is press taking pictures. This is the third time I've done it and I try to act natural, but it's easy to lose your train of thought when people are taking your picture. Half of you is hoping you don't have fruit jelly on your shirt, and the other half is forgetting what you were supposed to talk about. I guess you get better with practice, but dealing with press is a new thing for myself (and I'm assuming Genny as well)
In January, I launched one of my initiatives in Qatar. In Qatar, there is huge demand for skilled technologists. So to help grow this community of experts in the Microsoft infrastructure realm, the Qatar Infrastructure Community eXperts was launched. Without a single event, the community has grown to over 100 people and there are quarterly events or seminars to make sure that there is focus. At the launch of this, we had several reporters and photographers in attendence, with the Qatar Tribune placing it as their lead story on the front page.
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