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Software Development Engineer Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 1 year
February 15, 2016
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Pros

Great culture! "Be surrounded by people that are better than you." There are definitely amazing people inside, and they seem very open to teach and learn as well.

Not all teams are Agile, but I heard a lot of teams mentioning they use it more and more, even if the sprints have to be a month long.

The Foundry internship was incredible, a great opportunity for students to get to know this side of Microsoft that is modern, ships fast, and embraces change. There is a great chance that the apps developed in the internship will be taken forward afterwards.

Cons

Specifically in the Foundry Internship, you don't get to work in existing products or big teams, so you don't fully understand the experience of working full-time in a regular team.

Advice to Management

I'd love to have shadowed a full-time employee for a couple of days, or participated in another team's meetings.

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