Does Microsoft hire Linux folks?

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Microsoft RndMcSally Jul 22, 2018

Yes

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Airbnb jim.hodlen Jul 22, 2018

who does he work for officially

Microsoft lnxg33k Jul 23, 2018

Linus is paid by the Linux Foundation as a fellow.

Credit Karma uB6bIk2 Jul 22, 2018

Yeah, but you have to use WSL on a rusty 2008 server while Ballmer sweats on you. (Yeah, they hire all sorts of open source folk).

Oscar tc/gtfo Jul 22, 2018

He does’t work there yo

Airbnb jim.hodlen Jul 22, 2018

that’s better than what lucovsky got

Facebook mpk0 Jul 22, 2018

Yes, They've started writing desktop apps with Node+Electron, so you know even they've given up on Windows.

Microsoft melv Jul 22, 2018

Yes, but you would be better at fb/goog

Microsoft rocket Jul 23, 2018

Yeah .. just look Microsoft careers you will find a bunch of openings

Microsoft FwwQ08 Jul 23, 2018

Azure has some awesome Linux work these days. Interesting things going on with containers, too!

Microsoft ctEk54 Jul 23, 2018

Yep lots of services use linux

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