Beyond the Ordinary: Tang Jun and Microsoft University Students' Career Survival

Author: Xie Weiqun
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This is a book about Tang Jun; This is a book by a Chinese journalist who has long experienced and actively participated in Microsoft; This is a book about college students' career survival! This book is suitable for three types of readers: college students on campus; career-oriented college students; managers from various enterprises and institutions! Readers have the following feedback: First: "Highly informative and very engaging, I couldn't help but read it twice in one sitting." Second: "Strong storytelling, very relatable, highly readable, and especially inspiring and guiding for college students." Third: "I never thought work could be done this way—truly inspiring. Young people should live with such passion!" Fourth: "For business managers, Tang Jun's advanced concepts and valuable experiences are highly inspirational." This is a book about Tang Jun! He is the former President of Microsoft China, the current Honorary President of Microsoft China, and the President of (Sangong Network Company), one of China's highest-paid "employees" daily. His entry into Microsoft was unexpected, and his departure was just as surprising. By traditional standards, he was not outstanding during his student years. However, as a professional manager, he led generations of young people from ordinary to excellent, even to extraordinary. This is a book by a Chinese journalist who has long experienced and tracked Microsoft! The journalist spent three years following multiple departments at Microsoft, interviewing nearly 100 engineers, and discovered many shining points and charms of Microsoft from a Chinese perspective. Microsoft is not as complex as imagined; its success is the result of hard work, and the key is establishing a set of systems that meet human needs, keeping all the smart people passionate. Microsoft is a highly technical company, yet it doesn't emphasize professional alignment. "One mountain cannot hold two tigers"—this is an old Chinese saying. However, the nearly 400 brilliant employees at Microsoft's global technology center coexist happily. This is a book about college students' career survival! It uses real-life stories to convey a message: ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things—what matters is how you think and act. Many Microsoft professionals share their career insights: university education has shifted from elite to mass education, and students must start preparing for graduation from the time they enter university. After all, only a few become "bosses," while most remain employees. If employees cannot perform well, how can they become "bosses."