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Microsoft is a mixed bag; there are a lot of opportunities and pitfalls

Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 2 years
October 9, 2014
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

I love working with passionate and smart people, who are driven to deliver really good products that customers will love. I love the benefits and perks, which are stock, cash bonuses, prime discounts all over the place, a gorgeous campus, etc. Flexi-time is one of my favorites; no one cares when you are in the office as long as you can deliver.

Cons

The company is very large and changing rapidly now. One of the tough things is that they are bad at choosing managers. A lot of my friends have moronic/incapable managers who are ruining talented devs. Also, there are a lot of silos of knowledge; however, this is decreasing a lot more now.

Advice to Management

Only let those with people skills become people managers.

PMs should be superstar developers who understand what coding is.

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