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Working at Microsoft, the Inside Scoop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the belly-of-the-beast dept.

bariswheel writes "Responding to the public interest, a long-time Apple and UNIX user/programmer, and a JPL/Caltech veteran, writes an insightful, articulate essay on the good, the bad, and the in-between experiences of working at Microsoft; concentrating on focus, unreality, company leadership, managers, source code, benefits and compensation, free soft drinks, work/life balance, Microsoft's not evil, and influence."

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  1. -1 Offtopic by EraserMouseMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You sig has been bugging me for the past few days. If you are referring to XP solutions that make the uptime claim that you say is impossible, consider this. It's entirely possible to have 100% uptime running WinXP if you use either clusters and/or employ load balancing.

  2. How is this news? by XboxFan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wrote this article 2 years ago.