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Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
October 30, 2010
Redmond, Washington
5.0
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Pros

High salary, cool technology, genius co-workers, good work/life balance, and great work conditions (my own office, 2-3 monitors, multiple top-of-the-line development machines, etc.). Health benefits are AWESOME*!

*for the next 2 years

Cons

Work/life balance is highly variable from one team to the next. Seattle is really expensive, so the starting salary is deceptively low if you hope to ever own a home here. A lot of co-workers are really caught up in having money and owning things (lots of BMW's, Porsches, etc.) which might not be your thing.

Advice to Management

Don't reduce health insurance!

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