Lumbering, 90% politics, little innovation, poor review process
Lumbering, 90% politics, little innovation, poor review process
I worked there for 4 years, and not once did the paycheck bounce or come late.
Also, if you want the chance to write code that will be used by millions of people, this is one place you can do it. There are others, though.
I found it impossible to have much of an impact on anything as an IC at MS. Also, if you have unique skills that not every programmer has, like I do (PhD in theoretical physics), such skills are wasted at a place like MS. If you want to have an impact on things, I found much more success at a small company. It's the whole big fish/small pond thing, I suppose.
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