Stay two years max, then get out.
Stay two years max, then get out.
The best part of a Microsoft job is the opportunity to claw your way up within Microsoft. Also, Microsoft still has a long way to coast before it completely runs out of momentum.
Shark Tank politics: your worth is dependent on your "promotional velocity" (HR's term!). You will always be graded on a curve. The curve just doesn't have a fixed shape anymore. Rewards are still angled towards Hero Coders, and make no mistake, the company is still dependent on them.
When you see a clique or subset of people all boosting each other in peer feedback, that's not the healthy organization that you've been led to believe.
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