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- link Linux stack at Microsoft Are there teams at Microsoft that work on Linux stack? I am specifically interested in Azure technology stack. Is it all C#/ASP.net or do they use open source stuffs?
- Is Linux used within Microsoft? Curious to know about the dev environment within Microsoft. Do they use any flavor of Linux? How is the open source adoption in general? Do employees feel some soft of disconnect with rest of the industry after working there for long? Asking about newer orgs like Bing, AI&R etc and not windows sp
- Microsoft Azure's Linux teams As a new grad I was speaking to an manager there. I was wondering what's the team there like, is it a good place for new grad growth or will Linux be very niche for my future?
- Microsoft: Are linux engineers second class citizens? From their offer it certainly looks like the case Yoe: 13 with open source contributions( not marvell) TC: 300k (Bay Area) Microsoft offer for L63: 160k/100k 4 yrs vesting/30k Location: Seattle This is infact revised offer but I haven’t told them my current yet. But really upset at this offer. I
- What to expect in Microsoft Linux Kernel Interviews Hello What to expect in Microsoft Linux Kernel Interviews? Do they ask design patterns and OOD? Long back I attended an interview where I got rejected saying I am presenting my design keeping "C" as in mind and not thinking in OOD. My main work is device driver development at kernel level, I have v
- Do Microsoft servers run on Linux or Windows? Do the servers for Microsoft's inhouse products like Teams or Office365 run on Linux or Windows servers? How commonly is Azure used for inhouse products? #linux #windows
- Can a software engineer use Linux in Microsoft? I am wondering if employees can choose to use Linux, assuming they do not work on .net stack. TC: 350#
- vote Is Microsoft next operating system, a Linux distribution? Will all the new trend that Microsoft is showing I'm just wondering about this
- Can a software engineer choose to use Linux laptop in Microsoft? Assuming team is not using .Net
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262103/microsoft-open-source-linux-history-wrong-statement Great see how Microsoft has changed. What’s the next big things that they are going to get into ?
- Cloud Solution Architect Career - U.S Hello Blind Community, I have 15+ years of experience in IT. through which I worked on domains: Application Development (Oracle), Database Administration ( Oracle), ERP system admin (Oracle e-Business Suite), Linux, Project Management, etc. In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, I was WFH and had some
- Microsoft new employees laptop Going to be join azure soon. Wondering which laptop employees get specifically in Microsoft India HYD? Windows or Mac or Linux? Surface or MacBook or Lenovo?
- ATTN: Microsoft Azure Engineers Is C++ the dominant language for Azure? If not, what is? Is the datacenter running on Linux? Curious... #azure #C++ #microsoft
- link AWS/Microsoft Certifications does anyone know a good AWS/MS Cerification material beside acloud.guru and Linux academy?
- DO and DON'T team at Microsoft Anyone recommends any team to join and not to join at Microsoft? And why? Some common names I saw mentioned in Blind: Azure AI, X-box, Spartans, Azure Kubernete, Azure Linux, Office, Window, etc.
- Tools at Microsoft Do all engineers work on windows machines or do some teams/team standards allow for flexibility? #engineering #software #swe #microsoft #linux
- C# future Does C# have any future outside MS? I see server side = Linux + Java (or C++) Client side = browser+ js What you guys think?
- Why msft makes everything complicated? I'm astounded by seeing how complicated everything is in msft for development. The windows ecosystem is perhaps the worst dev experience I've seen and then the nomenclature of everything is just so different from linux. Not to mention nothing works properly and even the simplest things takes more t
- Cloud support engineer or SRE 🤔 Hi team Blind! Please looking for referral and mentors. Have a MS in network & information system management. I am fairly new in the US. Solid background in Tech support (5yoe) + Linux + Cloud (more azure than aws). No coding background. Looking for Systems Admin roles or Cloud Support... anythin
- I want a job at Microsoft I really enjoy Microsoft shit, and would love to work on something at the company especially in their open source / Linux based areas. Do I just need to grind leet code and go through some bs interview that will test me on shit completely irrelevant to my job or is there other ways? Currently I con
- Microsoft vs Red Hat Which would you choose? I’m not a big fan of C#. I prefer python/bash/linux/kubernetes/openshift. Tho I imagine in Azure these technologies are present too. Microsoft TC slightly higher (150k vs 130k)
- Career Path/Growth for Technical Account Manager/TAM What’s the Career Path/Growth for Technical Account Manager/TAM Or a Technical Program Manager? Planning to change career path from Linux engineering to the above mentioned. Except for Amazon, Google and Microsoft; I don’t see those positions elsewhere. What am I missing?
- Should I buy macbook for programming? Hey guys, was always a Microsoft fan boy, used Windows from 95, love c#. Tried Linux but without much joy. Never been on mac. Recently started working with one startup as Dev. Their stack is react/node/postgres/heroku For a month I'm struggling with this WSL2 (Windows subsystem for Linux) it break
- Why more people need to RTO 1. You will commute more. The commute boredom is essential for creativity. Humans need to be bored 2h/day min. Being hooked to screens is killing creativity. People are scrolling more miles than they are commuting. 2. You will appreciate time at home more. Be honest, 24x7 being home drives your SO
- java linux book recommendation moving out of ms where i used windows and c# primarily. can you recommend good book for linux and java assuming i have never used them before? would be great if the boom walks me through really basic steps like how to set up java dev env in linux, etc is there one specifically for transition type o
- M1 Mac vs Intel Mac ? for those who are using M1 mac now, what limitations have you noticed in terms of engineering work you do? I deal with lot of Networking, Virtualization and containers stuff here at Red Hat and I’m wondering moving from Linux to M1 Mac how would I be affected? Or should I get intel model ? And why
- Good companies to work for in India with good WLB Could someone suggest the name of good companies to work for in india having good WLB and of course good salary! Looking for change so need to shortlist the target companies. TC: 70LPA 14 Years Exp Tech stacks: C/C++, Linux Open for outside india opportunities as well #engineering #software #swe #m
- vote Is Windows a crąppy OS? I worked 4 years at Google using Linux. Then, I spent 3 years at Amazon using Mac OS. Now I’m using Windows at MSFT and the reliability sücks. Apps freeze, features stop working (need to restart it), the hardware sücks, etc. Those are just my opinions/experience. Thoughts?
- Microsoft worth considering? I read good things about Microsoft as an employer, know they are a huge company doing lots of things. I'm a fullstack SWE (often SDM) well versed in Java, C++, C# and Python. I'm not keen on Windows, Office or VS though, prefer Linux and Rider for C# for example. Is MS worth considering? TC £135K
- SRE interview L64 at Microsoft and interviews coming up with Amazon, Google and Oracle for SRE type roles in Seattle area. Apart from Linux Admn, Coding, System Design, Cloud, Networking, what other areas to focus on and prepare for? Appreciate your input.
- Google pissing its pants with new Edge(mium) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/google-takes-aim-at-microsoft-edge-with-flurry-of-ads/ Finally we are giving Google run for its money. New Edge browser, Visual Studio Code, Windows subsystem on Linux (1&2),.Net core and its future roadmap, dual screen Android devices and possibly fo
- How engineers adapt when joining MSFT For someone who's been using OS X/Linux for a long time and forced to switch to Windows . Also does MSFT build stuff on web using Java or Php/Python ? Just curious thinking of applying but worried. Also what perks do you guys have and is there an engineering office in Bay Area ?
- Help with Sydney SWE referral TC 65k EUR Looking to move to Sydney asap and move out of hometown; anybody willing to refer me to companies in Sydney that are willing to sponsor visa? Work on a Linux NOS working in networking in c/c++/python 2 years exp 200 LC Mainly interested in: Google Atlassian Amazon Microsoft
- Qualcomm lowball offer? I recently got the below offer from Qualcomm for a Senior Software Engineer position (in a Linux team)- Base - 108k RSU - 60k/3 Annual cash bonus- 10% as per the recruiter Joining bonus - 30k Location- SD I have MS+3YOE This seems like a really lowball base for a Senior Engineer. Is the base nor
- Importance of runtime and memory usage in LC Getting ready for some interviews, and working through problems on leetcode, finding that my answers are often consuming more memory or runtime than prior submissions. Is solving the problem usually good enough? Roles I'll be interviewing for are not technically swe, but, do have swe interview comp
- vote L5/LMTS and above in their 20s Hey Everyone, I am an LMTS at Salesforce and in my late 20s. I see that atleast in Salesforce, most of LMTS are much older in age! I have difficulty connecting to their thoughts sometimes. I don't know how to explain it properly but some examples being me a fan of open source and Linux, them being
- Metaverse “developer” Been hearing a lot of buzz lately on the metaverse from Microsoft and Facebook . I read a few articles to understand it conceptually, but what does it come down in terms of technology stacks and low level code ? Will it be like game design and augmented reality with C++ , Java and Linux with distrib
- Network Engineer Interview Hello There, I have Cloud Network Engineer role phone screen coming up @Microsoft in Azur networking Team and Network Engineer, Edge role @Facebook and i have following questions for someone who has cleared or given interview for same role in either company. 1) What to expect in first phone scree
- Looking for referrals! +15 YOE Hi everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ and banks / financial boomer companies. YOE: 15 years Profession: IT professional (staff level server admin in the AIX/LINUX space) Please DM me directly, or drop a comment so I can DM you! TC: 130k CAD I'm in Canada, sorry :( #citibank #
- Security Engineer Referrals? Anyone hiring? My background is Risk management with total 10 year of experience in finance and risk management. Looking to transit into Security Engineer roles. I have Security + and AWS practitioners and Red Hat Linux certifications. I know it's entry level certifications but I would love to start somewhere eve
- One year left on STEM OPT/ h1b attempt Hi, I have an electrical engineering bachelors degree. I want to switch jobs. Is it possible to find another job in my last year of STEM OPT? (Expires June 2022) Currently preparing for Amazon’s cloud support engineer l (network/Linux) role interview Any recommendations for other companies to app
- Recent Deloitte offer Hi to all blinders, I wanted some help to evaluate an offer I got from Deloitte Strategy and Analytics Group. This is based on East Coast (DC metro area) Position: Manager Salary: 140k Sign-on bonus: 5k Annual bonus (not guaranteed): 23% of annual salary (140k) Is this a fair offer or low for man
- How to learn good SWE practices? I’m fairly good at algorithms and data structures. I have experience with python, git, Linux and super clusters. I want to become a SWE but feel like I don’t know what are some good engineering practices that I should learn and where to get started. For example I know object oriented programming is
- Technologies used in facebook? Hi, I am going to join facebook soon as an E5 engineer. I have over a month time. Meanwhile I want to ramp up on the technologies used in facebook. So far I worked only on Microsoft technologies (c#, windows, PowerShell, azure) and don't have much experience with java/ linux and other open source t
- vote Oracle vs Microsoft internal tranfer offer I hate my current team at Microsoft, so I applied to a internal transfer and I got an offer (same compensation with another team/org), during that time I also applied to Oracle (not OCI org) where I also received an offer. Where should I go now?. PD: I don't like Microsoft internal development too
- Apple SRE Interview experience I saw a couple of posts asking aboutApple SRE interviews and so sharing my experience here. Applied on the career portal and received an email from the recruiter after a couple of weeks. The interviewer asked to fill up a Word Doc which had questionnaire. It basically asked to rate myself on vario
- Referral - Looking to do more Looking for a #referral or #jobopening. YOE: 4 years Currently a TT L5 SysDE in VA with L6 well underway, but I feel I can do more. Previous experience in DevOps and Systems Eng. Strengths: Python Linux Distributed Systems Parallel Processing Micro-Service Architectures Algorithms & Data Structu
- link DevOps/SRE guidance I am support engineer working in core networking. Planning to switch to DevOps or SRE role. My current role involves in-depth TCP/IP understanding and debugging and it has little or no scripting. Background: BS electronics, MS computer engineering(networking) Courses (currently enrolled in online c
- SRE ll Microsoft Interview prep Hello everyone, I am currently working as a SysDev L4 at Amazon and have a SRE ll phone interview coming up for Microsoft. I have a little bit of coding background but never done leetcode. Can someone please shed some light on how the interview process looks like for this role? What are some coding
- What is the achievement of Satya Nadella? Microsoft has a massive Indian population and almost all Indians will tell you that Satya Nadella is "kicking ass". But I fail to see why. Let's see positives. Today MS is posting lot of profits (which they did even under Steve Balmer). And yes there is lot of positive press (acquired Github, Min