45. From the Military to Microsoft: Faisal Akhter, U.S. Army Reserve

Episode description

In today's podcast, Faisal Akhter talks about his career progression from active duty as a member of the U.S. Army JAG Corps to working at Microsoft, where he now serves as a Senior Corporate Counsel.  Faisal shares how his lifetime interest in technology led him to target employment opportunities in the tech sector, the interview process, how the COVID pandemic changed everything, how his experience the Army prepared him to assume his current leadership role as a director, and his belief of the important role, if not duty, that veterans have in helping those who come behind them.  To that end, he encourages judge advocates to send those cold messages via LinkedIn to veterans at companies in which they are interested to learn about that organization's culture.  Faisal's LinkedIn profile can accessed by clicking HERE.

This conversation was recorded on October 24, 2022.