Unlike later generations where a series of technology giants such as Apple, Google, and FB were side by side with Microsoft, Microsoft in this era was at its peak.
IBM, the blue giant in the past, and Google and Apple in later generations are either old or have not grown up yet.
To be able to work at Microsoft, Microsoft's internship application threshold is very high.
The probability of Berkeley students being able to apply is less than 10%.
Therefore, when Hu Zhengming learned that Zhou Xin went to Microsoft for an internship, his first reaction was that the other person had a lot of skills, because there were students he knew who went to Microsoft. During the conversation with him, he knew how difficult it was to go to Microsoft.
Even if it is an internship, the difficulty will not be any lower than a formal offer.
Microsoft's formal grassroots employees rarely have the opportunity to meet Bill Gates, but interns do.
In this era, Bill Gates was still in his prime. He would hold a late-summer barbecue every year at his house on the shore of Washington. During the late-summer barbecue, he would invite the interns who were about to graduate at the time to have dinner.
Of course, not all interns have this opportunity, and the number of interns who will be invited is limited to twenty.
The second reaction is that the other party is completely different from ordinary Chinese international students.
Hu Zhengming has been teaching at Berkeley for more than 20 years and has met many Chinese students.
Including the doctors from mainland China under him, they can't be counted on one hand.
Generally speaking, when overseas students from mainland China have the opportunity to come to Berkeley to study for a Ph.D., they almost focus entirely on scientific research.
No participation in entertainment activities.
Not to mention an internship.
Most of them will only think about whether to stay at Amerikan or return to China on the eve of their PhD graduation and when they are considering their future after graduation. If they stay at Amerikan, they will need to find an internship.
No one will look for an internship right after arriving at Americen.
Of course, master's degree students will, because most master's degrees do not have scholarships, and those with poor economic conditions need to wash dishes to support themselves.
This was the first time he had met a student like Zhou Xin who started an internship without meeting him a few times and was able to find an internship at Microsoft's level.
Hu Zhengming sent an email to Zhou Xin and asked him to come to his office to find him the next morning.
"Good morning, Professor."
"Good morning, you have been in Berkeley for more than a month.
In this more than a month, you have obtained the highest grades in all professional course examinations. It seems that you have adapted quickly. "
“Fortunately, in terms of difficulty, the exams here are similar to those at Yan University, but in terms of scope, they are wider than those at Yan University.
It's not very difficult for me. "Zhou Xin is very confident.
He has always been extremely confident in himself, otherwise he would not have taken the job at ZTE before.
Almost everyone on the Internet believes that it is an impossible task for ZTE to lift sanctions in the short term. Only he is willing to give it a try.
Hu Zhengming continued to ask: "How do you feel about coming here? Are you accustomed to the environment, accommodation, and food?"
Zhou Xin said without hesitation: "No problem.
The consumption level here is much higher than that in Yanjing. Fortunately, with scholarships, it is not difficult to meet basic living needs.
From a purely climate and weather perspective, it is much better than Yanjing. Factories in Yanjing and surrounding provinces have caused serious air pollution in Yanjing. "
The air pollution in Yanjing is not caused by PM2.5. In other words, it is caused by severe pollution first and then objectively judged by PM2.5.
In 1998, according to the China Air Pollution Index, Yanjing reached extreme pollution standards for more than 200 days.
In the entire Bay Area, there are basically no industries that emit polluting gases on a large scale, so the air quality is naturally much better than that in Yanjing.
However, later generations of Kunming people said that the air on airplanes is sweet, which is still a bit exaggerated, because the air quality in Kunming is not bad.
If someone from Yanjing said this, it would be excusable.
Hu Zhengming was deeply touched by the weather in Yanjing. He smiled and said: "I know the chairman of your physics department, Gan Zizhao, and he was also engaged in semiconductor physics research before.
It’s just that in recent years it has turned to the direction of high-temperature superconductivity.
I have been invited to Yanjing University for several lectures and academic exchanges before. Every time I go to Yanjing, I get rhinitis. "
"I seem to have taken Director Gan's class, and I went to attend his elective course on condensed matter physics." Zhou Xin answered.
"He must have spoken well. Every time I chat with him, I feel like I'm having a spring breeze." Hu Zhengming didn't want to waste time on these topics anymore, so he made a sharp turn:
"I heard Zhang Zhongbo said that you are now interning at Microsoft?
When I first arrived, I had to take care of my studies and internship at the same time, and then I had to adapt to life here in America. At your age, I didn’t have so much energy. "
“The main reason was that I saw a notice about Microsoft recruiting interns on the school’s official website, so I wanted to give it a try.
Integrated circuits are a hardware-oriented job, almost only dealing with materials.
The internship position I applied for at Microsoft was a product manager, which required more understanding of user needs and meeting user needs through applications.
It is equivalent to a bridge between programmers and users, and more of a job of dealing with people.
I think this will help me adapt to the American society as quickly as possible and establish a preliminary social network.
And after all, I am still a senior in college and have not officially become your Ph.D., so I am taking advantage of this gap period to explore more unknown boundaries. "
Zhou Xin is now a senior student at Berkeley. As for studying for Hu Zhengming's PhD, it was just a private agreement between the two.
Hu Zhengming clearly understood Zhou Xin’s implication: “It is a good thing for young people to try more.
But we can’t delay our own work. "
After Hu Zhengming finished speaking, Zhou Xin took out the printed paper from his schoolbag and handed it to him: "Professor, this is a paper on MOSFET model optimization. I have followed the requirements you told me and reviewed the relevant papers at the same time. Final draft."
The house falls silent.
Hu Zhengming looked at the paper in his hand silently, while Zhou Xin wondered whether he was too steady.
Zhou Xin didn't know whether he was traveling through time or being reborn.
He didn't know if other travelers who had similar experiences would have similar feelings.
That is, in fact, this is the real world, but there is always the illusion that this is a game world, only you are the protagonist, and everyone else is NPC.
In 2020, Hu Zhengming was his mentor, and Zhou Xin may even be Hu Zhengming's close disciple. The two parties have a good relationship.
But after arriving in 1998, he was still under Hu Zhengming's sect, and it was difficult for Zhou Xin to treat him the same as before.
If it were 2020, if he had obtained technology from 20 years later, Zhou Xin would most likely choose to communicate with Hu Zhengming and try to maximize its effect.
He would not have been like this in 1998, and even tried to take advantage of the opponent.
When Zhou Xin was reflecting on himself, Hu Zhengming raised his head and looked at Zhou Xin.
