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SDE Intern / I / II

Software Development Engineer/I/II
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 2 years
January 24, 2016
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

A good place to find what you're good at early in your career.

Microsoft employees usually end up being a happy bunch (at least in Redmond).

Microsoft tries hard to make employees feel like they're always home.

Cons

Unnecessarily complicated career paths and an often political environment that wears you down in the long run. Salaries are at least one standard deviation below the mean when placed on Silicon Valley's scale.

Advice to Management

Don't make excuses during performance review time. Also, rank and file are almost always kept out of the loop regarding reorganizations. I've found that this is the biggest eroder of trust.

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