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Good place to work

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
April 15, 2010
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Microsoft really takes care of its employees, and there are certainly opportunities for advancement in a wide variety of fields.

Cons

If you're in a group with a bunch of high performers, you'll lose promotion velocity unless you're able to get the lion's share of high-visibility work.

Feature creep and politics make development frustrating at times.

Advice to Management

Eliminate feature creep. Make feature decisions based upon what's best for the customer, not on what's going to get you promoted.

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