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Hi, I’m Alik Levin.

I am passionate about how stuff works and how it breaks. I am Sr. Programming Writer with Microsoft, focusing on security and cloud computing related technologies for developers. Before I moved  to Microsoft HQ,  I worked as Principal Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services in the field helping customers design, build, test, and deploy faster and more secure information systems. I share my lessons learned on my professional blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/alikl. View my LinkedIn profile to learn more about me.

Work is one side of me, life is another – I try to separate them and invest accordingly. Despite the separation there are common themes that apply to both, one of my favorite collection of themes that resonate with me a lot comes from OSC Manifesto:

  • Tools are not talent
  • Money != success
  • Integrity cannot be bought
  • Consume the minimum, produce the maximum
  • Talk is a poor substitute for action
  • Create yourself before someone else does
  • Don’t do what people tell you to do
  • Trust your heart
  • Confront and document
  • Believe nothing
  • Finish things and give them to people

If these resonate with you too then I am sure you will find helpful insights on the website. Or you can  just shop at Amazon.com ;) .