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Pretty good place to work at

Lead Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
November 24, 2009
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros
  • Reasonable salary.
  • Nice summers in Seattle.
  • Lots of opportunities and technologies inside the company.
  • Can grow in an individual contributor or managerial path.
  • Some extremely talented people.
Cons
  • Pockets of incompetence, especially outside the core moneymaker teams.
  • Lots of legacy to deal with.
  • Cross-group collaboration is sometimes a nightmare.
Advice to Management
  • Get the right talent on the online businesses.
  • Clean up the Windows Mobile mess.
  • Fix marketing.

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