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Good Growth, Limited Projects

Principal Development Lead
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 20 years
March 21, 2014
Mountain View, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Good benefits, good growth opportunities for junior devs. Management is here to help. Work-life balance is respected most of the time.

Cons

The Mountain View location has limited opportunities when it comes to the diversity of projects and the management of larger projects. There is no growth for managers, and they need to move to Redmond. The company keeps aiming at past trends instead of creating new ones.

Advice to Management

Move more products to Mountain View, both small and big.

Take advantage of the Valley by promoting innovation. (Google has 20%, Microsoft doesn't have an equivalent in Mountain View.)

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