Re: Urgent Openings with the World's Leading Software Company !!!


larwe wrote:

If I'm ever reduced to such a state that I'm soliciting sexual favors
on
a street corner in return for expired McDonald's coupons and
low-quality
crack cocaine, maybe - **MAYBE** at that point my judgement would be
sufficiently disturbed that I might CONSIDER a job at Microsoft.

Over the past 3 years, the roof over my head has been shaky. I live in
Seattle; I still have no motivation to work for Microsoft, not even for
the basics of food and shelter. I consider psychological health more
important and would rather dig ditches. They just have nothing to
offer. Their corporate culture sucks, it's all about mediocrity.
Their technologies are uninteresting, they only lead in directions I
don't care about. They're into treadmilling people for its own sake.
If they had either a better culture or better tech, I could stomach one
for the other. But they don't have anything. And I know enough
Microsofties and ex-Microsofties, to feel that my views are not
particularly prejudiced. I sure run into a lot of jaded Microsoft
employees who are just taking their paycheck.

I think probably the only bright spot at Microsoft is Microsoft
Research. Their activities seem to have no effect on the rest of the
company. I think research divisions like that are insurance policies.
Keep 'em tied up in your own pool, just in case someone comes up with
The Next Big Thing. Make sure it isn't happening somewhere else.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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