On 21st December, Microsoft Singapore celebrated Christmas with its family of Microsoft Student Partners (MSPs) by treating them to a good time at The Escape Artist. Together, the students put their wits and wiles to solve challenging puzzles in a thrilling environment. Big props to these awesome students for juggling both their academic and student ambassador commitments so well in the past semester! Who are the Microsoft Student Partners? Microsoft Student Partners are technology enthusiasts, trend-setters, and revolutionary thinkers. As MSPs, they act as ambassadors of Microsoft technologies and participate in frequent campus initiatives to demonstrate and train students in developing expertise for tools such as Visual Studio and MS Office. Some may mistaken them as geeks, but I prefer calling them passionate and inventive. Having met and spoken with a good number of them, I can assure that this is a network of fun-loving, bold-thinking and resourceful students regarded as technology leaders by their peers. Many of their alumni have gone places, building start-ups, representing in global competitions and landing jobs at big international names. Being also the inquisitive sort, the MSPs have monthly meet-ups hosted by Microsoft Singapore where they learn about technology, attend workshops, give presentations, and meet exciting people both within the industry and its surrounding ecosystem. Since the MSPs come from all sorts of backgrounds and institutions, every meeting further serves as a good opportunity for friendly catch-ups and relationship building. It is not uncommon for MSPs to support and even “impart new skills” to their peers from other institutions. Personally, I’ve been encouraged by their technical skills, excitement and zealousness. At a stage where I’m starting to find it increasingly difficult to pursue my dreams (read: family, bills, commitments, life…) it’s nice to be reminded by their passion to do great things with technology.
