David DeWinter

Over the past two years, I have known and worked with some very talented software engineers developing a slew of internal tools and services for the company I work for—Extend Health, Inc., a health insurance broker in Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout that time, I have relished many opportunities to use cutting-edge technologies: C# 3.0, WPF, WCF, WF, the Office Communications Server platform, and the Entity Framework, among them.

Though I have learned a significant amount and will never forget the experiences I have at Extend Health, I am intensely excited for what the future holds. As you could probably guess, I have accepted a position as an SDET (Software Design Engineer in Test) at Microsoft in Redmond starting at the end of this month, where I will help further the capabilities of the Entity Framework runtime. Why test? I feel I have assimilated a plethora of knowledge when it comes to software development, and although I’m nowhere near the smartest dev on the planet, I think expanding my range by diving head-first into test is a step in the right direction. After all, what could be better than having the discipline to be enthusiastic about breaking your own software? (Before you ship, of course.)

Wish me luck!

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As a follow-up to the first Framework Design Guidelines, there’s been a new post on Mircea Trofin’s blog on the LINQ Framework Design Guidelines. They are a great read, and you will probably find something that you didn’t consider before in designing applications with LINQ.

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