Nice Place to Visit, but I Wouldn't Want to Live There
Nice Place to Visit, but I Wouldn't Want to Live There
- Compensation is competitive.
- Still a lot of smart people there.
- Big company with the resources to do what they want.
- Plenty of stuff to be learned.
- Easy to miss broader tech trends and not learn technologies the rest of the world uses.
- Microsoft is still very Windows-centric, even though the rest of the world isn't.
- Work/life balance can get miserable.
- Office politics and culture are sometimes poisonous.
- Focus on standards and true interoperability. You do a great deal of lip service without really delivering.
- Stop being so Windows-centric.
- Find ways of keeping employees out of the "Microsoft bubble" and ensure they're connected to broader trends in technology.
- Give up on phones and search.
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Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2017I applied for the Sr. Software Engineer position in the Azure group and received a call within a month. The recruiter arranged a phone interview, which consisted of a couple of technical questions that I answered perfectly within an hour. Everything
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2017A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and set up phone interviews with three different groups. Two groups wanted to bring me on-site for a final interview. **On-Site Interview with Group #1:** The hiring manager openly expressed his desire to hire
Senior Software Development Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2017I applied via the employee referral process. After a phone call with the Dev Lead, I managed to fly to Redmond. It was a three-round interview loop in one day, and on the second day, I received an offer.
