Michael McDaniel’s Dawning Awareness

I’ve promised answers to a few folks by the end of next week, so everything should be all decided by then. I’ve got it narrowed down to four choices:

* MSN Spaces — this is the stay-at-Microsoft option. My former manager and test lead from my Encarta days are working here, trying to bring blogging to the “rest of us.”
* Apple’s Web Store — adding features to their existing store and helping to create a world class experience for Mac users from start to finish. I’d be working with college buddies James and Nick as well as ex-Amazonian Katie. This would be a remote development position, and thus a more solitary choice.
* Amazon.com personalization — going “home” to my old team at Amazon is also a possibility. Some recent management changes there suggest that it might be more fun now, and I certainly know the ins and outs there. Plus, getting to work again with Andrej, Brent, and the rest of the crew there would be cool.
* The Robot Coop — A bunch of ex-personalization guys now working on 43things.com. This would be a small, tight-knit group working on very cool web community applications.

Anyway, those are the places under consideration. I’ll let you know what I decide next week!