I've been with Microsoft as a full-time employee for over 15 years, and I'm currently a Principal Software Development Engineer at MSN. I love to program in C# and JavaScript. I created and maintain the Microsoft Ajax Minifier tool published under the Apache 2.0 Open Source License. Look it up at http://ajaxmin.codeplex.com.
Yes: that is my real hair, and yes, it usually is an odd color (although which color, exactly, varies month-to-month). Sometimes it even glows under a black light.