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Great if all you care about is the money

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
October 12, 2011
Redmond, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Pays well. With the right mindset, you can work 35 hours a week at $100k+ for as long as you care to.

Cons

Products are generally playing catch-up relative to real industry leaders. The middle-management bureaucracy is enormous and totally oblivious to modern tech trends. Cross-discipline collaboration is a joke, and Seattle generally kinda sucks.

Advice to Management

Stop hiring developers who don't know anything but code. Stop hiring testers who don't want to test. And stop hiring program managers, period.

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