Unlike a series of tech giants such as Apple, Google, FB and so on, which are tied with Microsoft in later generations, Microsoft is in full swing in this era.

The blue giant IBM of the past, and the Google and Apple of later generations, are either old or have not yet grown up.

To be able to work at Microsoft, Microsoft's internship application threshold is very high.

Berkeley students have less than a 10 percent chance of applying.

Therefore, when Hu Zhengming knew that Zhou Xin went to Microsoft for an internship, his first reaction was that the other party had two brushes, because there were students he knew went to Microsoft, and in the process of talking to the other party, he knew the difficulty of going to Microsoft.

Even if it is an internship, the difficulty is not much lower than that of a formal offer.

It's rare for regular employees at Microsoft to meet Bill Gates, but interns do.

In those days, Bill Gates was in the prime of life, and every year he would have an end-of-summer barbecue in his house on the shore of Washington, and during the end-of-summer barbecue, he would invite the graduating interns to dinner.

Of course, not all interns have this opportunity, and the number of interns invited will be limited to 20.

The second reaction is that the other party is completely different from ordinary Chinese students.

Hu Zhengming has taught at Berkeley for more than 20 years, and he has naturally met many Chinese students.

Including the doctors from the mainland of China under him, he can't count them on one hand.

Generally, mainland students have the opportunity to come to Berkeley to study for a doctorate, and they almost devote themselves to scientific research.

Entertainment activities are not participating.

Not to mention internships.

Most of them will only think about whether to stay at Ameriken or return to China on the eve of their Ph.D. graduation, and whether they need to find an internship if they stay at Ameriken.

No one is going to look for an internship right after arriving at Ameriken.

Of course, the master's will, because most of the masters do not have scholarships, and the masters with poor economic conditions need to brush the dishes to support themselves.

Zhou Xin, who started his internship without meeting him a few times, and it was the first time he had met a student who could find an internship at Microsoft's level.

Mr. Hu sent Mr. Zhou an email asking him to come to his office the next morning to look for him.

"Good morning, Professor."

"Good morning, you've been in Berkeley for over a month.

In the past month or so, you have all obtained the highest grades in the professional course exams, and it seems that you have adapted quickly. ”

"Fortunately, the exam here is purely in terms of difficulty, and it is similar to Yan University, but from the scope, it will be wider than 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 of ZTE before.

Almost everyone on the Internet believes that ZTE's lifting of sanctions in the short term is an impossible task, and only he is willing to give it a try.

Hu Zhengming continued to ask: "How does it feel to come here, are you still used to the environment, accommodation, and food?" ”

Zhou Xin said without thinking: "There is no problem.

The consumption level here is much higher than that of Yanjing, but fortunately, there are scholarships and it is not difficult to meet basic living needs.

From the perspective of climate and weather, it is much better than Yanjing, which and the factories in the surrounding provinces cause the air pollution in Yanjing to be more serious. ”

Yanjing's air pollution is not because of PM2.5, or because of severe pollution before it is objectively judged by PM2.5.

In 1998, according to the China Air Pollution Index, Yanjing met the standard for extreme pollution for more than 200 days.

In the entire Bay Area, there are basically no industries that emit polluting gases on a large scale, and the air quality is naturally much better than that of Yanjing.

However, later generations of Kunming people said that the air on the plane is sweet, which is still a bit exaggerated, because the air quality in Kunming is not bad.

If the Yanjing people said so, it would be forgivable.

Hu Zhengming was deeply touched by the weather in Yanjing, and he smiled: "I know Gan Zizhao, the head of your physics department, who 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 to give several lectures and academic exchanges, and every time I go to Yanjing, I have rhinitis. ”

"I seem to have taken Director Gan's class, and I have listened to his elective course in condensed matter physics." Zhou Xin answered.

"He should speak well, every time I chat with him, I feel like a spring breeze." Hu Zhengming didn't want to waste any more time on these topics, so he made a sharp turn:

"I heard Zhang Zhongbo say that you are now going to Microsoft for an internship?

When you first arrived, you had to juggle your studies and internships at the same time, and then you had to adjust to life here at Ameriken, which I don't have so much energy at your age. ”

"The main reason was that I saw a notice on the school's official website that Microsoft was recruiting interns, so I wanted to give it a try.

Integrated circuits belong to the hardware side of the work, almost only dealing with matter.

I went to work as a product manager for an internship at Microsoft, which required me to understand user needs and meet them through applications.

It is equivalent to a bridge between programmers and users, and it is more of a job to deal with people.

I think this helped me to adapt to the Ameriken society as quickly as possible and establish a preliminary social network.

And after all, I'm still a senior and haven't officially become your Ph.D. yet, so take advantage of this gap to explore more unknown frontiers. ”

Zhou Xin is now a senior at Berkeley, and as for Hu Zhengming's Ph.D., it was just a private agreement between the two.

Hu Zhengming obviously understood Zhou Xin's voice: "It's a good thing for young people to try more.

But you can't delay your own work. ”

After Hu Zhengming finished speaking, Zhou Xin took out the printed paper from his schoolbag and handed it to the other party: "Professor, this is a paper on MOSFET model optimization, and I have checked the final draft of the relevant paper at the same time according to the requirements you told me." ”

The house fell silent.

Hu Zhengming silently looked at the paper in his hand, while Zhou Xin wondered if he was too stable.

Zhou Xin didn't know whether he was crossing or being reborn.

He didn't know if other travelers who had had similar experiences would feel the same way.

That is, in fact, this is the real world, but there is always the illusion that this is the game world, and only you are the protagonist, and everyone else is an NPC.

In 2020, Hu Zhengming was his mentor, and Zhou Xin may even be Hu Zhengming's closed disciple, and the relationship between the two sides is very good.

But after coming to 1998, it was still under Hu Zhengming's door, and it was difficult for Zhou Xin to look at each other like before.

In 2020, if he obtains the technology from 20 years later, Zhou Xin will most likely choose to communicate with Hu Zhengming, and then try to maximize its effect.

In 1998 he would not have been like this, and even tried to take advantage of the other party.

When Zhou Xin was doing self-reflection, Hu Zhengming looked up at Zhou Xin a few times.