Great company, good benefits, smart people, but can become too complacent
Great company, good benefits, smart people, but can become too complacent
- Good work-life balance
- Smart people to work with
- Great pay and benefits
- Good brand to have on your resume
You can become too complacent, and career growth may stall, unless you are motivated enough to constantly keep evaluating your situation.
Not enough opportunity to learn new (non-Microsoft) technologies. Although this is changing in many teams now.
- Be open-minded and adopt a growth mindset.
- Create opportunities to develop new tech skills for ICs.
- Don't let a laid-back culture set in.
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