In 15 years, I see MS becoming the equivalent of companies like SAP or Oracle. SAP and Oracle make extremely popular software for the b2b market, but there's no innovation or excitement. The only people I know who use Outlook, teams, the whole office suite, are business people. Most people use gmail, slack/discord/etc, Google sheets/doc/etc outside of work. Even our cloud is extremely b2b/Enterprise feeling and hard to use compared to AWS. Most other tech companies use MacBooks for development also. Does anyone really like MS products outside of the business world, Xbox, and Windows for gaming? What are your thoughts?
1) Your scope of "exciting" is pretty small. 2) Exciting business is subjective. What about all of these controversial government contracts? 3) Grass is always gonna be greener on the other side
MS is working on HoloLens which you can brag about?
Yeah you are right sadly but Xbox is ❤️
Quantum is exciting. A lot of MSR work is really exciting. If you are really up for it, try and get in. Regular software engineering work has rarely been exciting for most engineers in most/all companies.
Do you even know what all the company does?
Yes boomer stuff
They have some of the best products in business that help literally millions of people do their jobs better, it might not sound flashy on paper but if you think of the actual reach and impact made, then it’s huge.
I like VS Code a lot ❤️
Already boring
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What’s wrong with b2b?
You can’t brag about it to a 3rd-grader.
Change 3rd grader to non-technical people and suddenly it becomes an actual issue. Being a boring b2b company doesn't attract customers or attention. No attention means no one will use your product. People are not 100% logical. People like Apple products because they are cool and innovative. Why else do people buy Macs that cost 2x as much as Windows PCs with the same specs. It's an emotional response. Companies still pay Oracle millions for Oracle sql. IBM still provides hardware and other critical b2b software. They aren't going to go bankrupt anytime soon, but they also don't get much attention for future growth either.