Msft remote sde?

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chadpreeet

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chadpreeet
Mar 28 8 Comments

I believe based on manager you can go remote either in same state or other abs pay gets adjusted accordingly. That being said are swe especially L59-L63 actually going remote? I feel like for promotion, impact, visibility they would not be? I know teams are going cross state with expansion in Atlanta, Charlotte and Dallas which sort of is remote since leadership is still Redmond but I think that is bit different than being remote.

Maybe it depends on team culture on how feasible being remote is.
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  • Following. Some teams don’t allow full remote. I’m curious as well.
    Mar 28 1
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      chadpreeet

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      chadpreeet
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      So some teams are expanding in other cities. That is kind of remote since your manager and skip aren't there.
      Mar 28
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    glorp_der

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    glorp_der
    I saw Amazon go distributed in my org in 2018. For about a year and a half the remote offices (NYC, Toronto) we’re at the mercy of leaders in Seattle. But after that managers on the east coast we’re ramped up and had trust, and now the east coast teams drive our goals and architectural decisions. Seattle is just along for the ride.
    Mar 28 3
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      glorp_der

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      glorp_der
      Definitely agree, but it’s almost impossible for it to just be devs in a location since their manager is usually in the same place or whole team is distributed. So that’s one layer of management. Then the skip level is important (per your point), and in my case they hired skips on the east coast too. This is pretty well understood for management chains in big tech I think, they know if they make people feel like they are just taking orders they will leave and need to have a local accountable leader so you don’t have to travel all the time
      Mar 28
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      chadpreeet

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      Well I know of teams werr half devs are in different office
      Mar 28
  • Sadly in many orgs full remote has to be approved by VP and you have to be L63 or above.
    Mar 28 1
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      chadpreeet

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      Oh I see. My question was whether people were actually doing remote
      Mar 28