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Solid coding in a varied but siloed environment

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 6 years
October 31, 2012
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Tons of within-company opportunities, lots of data to work with. You can find great people, and your work affects millions and millions of people.

Cons

Bureaucratic engineering practices lag industry standards in many teams. The organization is anything but lean; there are plenty of leeches.

Advice to Management

Find a way, any way, to get rid of the bottom 20% without hurting morale.

Stop growing if that's what's causing lax hiring.

Communicate shareholder value goals all the way down to the base, and encourage quantitative thinking about scenarios instead of fuzzy story-telling.

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