Large diversity of projects, lots of smart people, impactful projects, stable workplace, lots of existing code, lots of brain knowledge.
Too many reorgs, lots and lots of process, fewer and fewer small teams, too little risk taken, no visionary leaders anymore.
Empower people more. Take bold risks which do not involve having a large number of people, but have a small number of very good people working on hard problems. Shoot for the moon again.
I had two technical interviews over the phone. Both technical interviews were challenging but doable. I had to write code using a web application that allowed both me and the interviewer to see what I was typing. After those interviews, I had one mo
I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
This was an internal interview process. It started with an informational session with the hiring manager, a roughly one-hour discussion about what the team does, my current responsibilities, and why I was interested in the position. Next, there were
I had two technical interviews over the phone. Both technical interviews were challenging but doable. I had to write code using a web application that allowed both me and the interviewer to see what I was typing. After those interviews, I had one mo
I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
This was an internal interview process. It started with an informational session with the hiring manager, a roughly one-hour discussion about what the team does, my current responsibilities, and why I was interested in the position. Next, there were