Fine, plenty of room to grow
Fine, plenty of room to grow
job security, world-class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow, and to park your car (Redmond).
Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS.
Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather than pro-active innovation.
Sure, the research hub is huge, and hackathons are encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.
Lots of change going on right now, but a lot of status quo too.
Who's going to push for the real change and make it stick?
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