New grad here who recently accepted an offer from MSFT with the Azure commerce and ecosystems team. I just found blind and read some posts about this team and now I'm wondering if this was a bad decision? My only other offer was from a defense contractor(TC ~90k) so it seemed an obvious choice at the time, also my interviews seemed to enjoy the work and I really liked the hiring manager. Can anyone tell me why it has such a bad rep? I was asked which area I would like to work in and mentioned API development if that helps at all. Also I'll be doing government work since I have a clearance, will that have a big affect the type of work/wlb? If it does end up being bad how long should I wait and how hard is it to transfer internally? Current TC: 0 Future TC: 173k
For graduate new hires, don’t worry about the leader your getting hired under, come in... learn a little bit and move on, until you find the right project or manager, MICROSOFT is a ocean, ensure your comp is comparable!
This is UST avoid at all cost, search blind.
Whats the breakdown of the offer from Microsoft?
I joined the same org 10 months back. I was pretty lucky as I joined a new team and we were building an entire new platform. I have seen some good projects, some horrible ones. But overall you shouldn't be worried as Microsoft is a big pool and you can switch internally after an year if you don't like your team.
Which team is good?
C+E is big enough that there are good orgs and bad orgs, but the bad orgs are *really* bad. As long as you don't get stuck, you'll be fine. Focus on getting an internal transfer somewhere better within 1-1.5 years you should be fine. But if you stick around too long, your skills will stagnate and you will begin to internalize the fear of technology that permeates most of the leadership.
No body wants to work on that ORG. That's why manager was so nice to you.
who is the partner in your org