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Senior Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 6 years
November 8, 2015
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Ability to move between and work on different product lines within the company.

Reasonable work-life balance (WLB).

The company is trying to execute fast in all product lines.

Excellent benefits.

Microsoft has started embracing open source and contributes as well.

Cons

Many a time, [one] adds features to products that are technologically great but may not get customer adoption quickly. So, it may be hard sometimes to see the impact of your work if you are working on such a feature.

Advice to Management

Too many reorganizations disturb the rhythm of work. It forces people to focus on reestablishing the context, trust, etc., which is an impediment to faster progress.

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