How is it like to work at Microsoft ? Is it a boring company to work for ? I heard Microsoft is just filled with aging population and not much growth opportunity
Joined amazon a few months back from Microsoft. I'd give an arm and a testicle to go back to my old team at Microsoft
It is literally a company of thieves. Many years ago they visited our company under the guise of perhaps purchasing us or our tech or licensing the tech. The engineers left and never got in touch again, and behold a year later Microsoft announces a competitor to our product... that, and the fact most Microsoft products are mediocre crap, I wouldn’t work for MS unless I was paid $1M/year and up, to make it bearable.
FYI that's not new, fb does it too or so I've heard
Still horrible though. Especially because the product they released was significantly inferior but became popular because it was bundled with Windows...
I left MS a year ago, in 5 years tried 3 different orgs and I can honestly say if you're young it's a resume killer, since things move slow, so much politics and majority of the roles I've seen is depth and rarely involved breadth. If you're looking for your last job before retirement, then 👍
I dont think any company is a resume killer, as long as you find good work to do. If you coast, even a hot new startup can be a resume killer. Some of the best engineers I have worked with have been from Microsoft. I agree that it is slow moving, but people seem to find pockets that are super interesting.
Those pockets are far and few and I don't know of any other company where employees who stayed longer than 7 years were essentially black balled or given a stigma due to staying so long... Again due to lack of breadth in their roles.
Its great... As much opportunity as you can earn. Mostly based on merit.
All depends on the team. I'm a younger person stuck on a team of old farts literally at the age of retirement, who just do the bare minimum. There are many young teams with great prospects. Those teams are the future of MSFT.
I absolutely LOVE my job at Microsoft - work with an incredibly talented group of people (well most of them), great vibe, lots of fun and potential to learn a tons.. And yes....we make a lot less money in marketing...but I still love my job (L63)
My team was very fast paced and my work was influential and interesting. I'd say it depends on the team.
if the only thing you want to learn is how to become a good politician and brainwashed zombie that sells Windows phone as an iPhone killer, this is your company!
Microsoft is fairly young. Product teams are maybe 40% in their 20s, 30% in their 30s, and 20% in their 40s. Just a guess based on my time. I've seen more older people in the field, but there are still more people in their 20s than other groups. I'm in my 30s and have been here for 10 years.
Haha - so you have an issue with aging population ? So is the world