My first week at the TNT Internship has been an introduction
to the work culture and values of Microsoft and Cyborg. From networking with
Microsoft staff to getting to knowing the people behind different products like
Microsoft Teams that I have used before has been so inspirational.
Microsoft air refers to the core values of Microsoft, which
are Respect, Accountability, and Integrity. Throughout the program, all interns
will be expected to breathe the Microsoft air by upholding these values. These
values resonate with my principles, which is a connection to the Company.
“The major aim of the TNT program is to re-define talent,” Vanessa
Feliberti, Corporate Vice President of Substrate 365 and sponsor of the TNT
program, emphasized in a small group meeting on Tuesday.
As the first Berea College student to participate in the TNT
program, this statement was empowering because talent should be viewed through
a lens that focuses beyond schools or grades but the projects, the ambitions
one has. And from my interaction with fellow cohort members, I can attest to
the diversity in talent at the program. The Tech industry not only needs to
re-define talent but also embrace diversity during recruitment, which I can see
in the TNT cohort.
The program’s purpose is a solution to the big problem in
the tech field that I highlighted in my program application: lack of diversity in
technology fields. Lack of gender diversity affects
creativity and innovation in the technology products developed because there is
a limited range of ideas and points of view in decision making and product
development.
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