Good backend teams at Microsoft India

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DreCapPra
Jun 6, 2021 12 Comments

I’m planning to move back to MS IDC after completion of my first year here at GitHub. Can anyone tell which teams have some great backend work. It’ll be good if a team is developing something entirely new because I don’t want to deal with any legacy codebase and high operational workload.
I don’t care about wlb at this time. Just need something awesome to work on and learn!

Reason for move:
1. My friends suggested me that brand name of MS> GitHub. Initially I had offer for MS then switched internally

2. Targeting L1 few yrs down the line

#engineering #software #swe

YOE: 10months
TC: 24lpa

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  • Arcesium / IT
    ~CHD~

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    ~CHD~
    I saw the same post a day back ? 🤔
    Why are you keep posting it multiple times
    Jun 6, 2021 1
  • You should look for a startup or start one of your own. As you are still a kid, you can easily slog in startups. In big companies you have to be very very lucky to get a project from scratch. And even if you do, 99% chance is you will work in a particular module
    Jun 6, 2021 4
    • GitHub
      DreCapPra

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      DreCapPra
      OP
      Well I never said I want great package great company. I’m more focused on great work with average package. Don’t care about company as long as its not going down in next 4-5 Yrs.
      Thanks for your suggestion though. I’ll try looking at few startups. Do you think switching company is good only in 1Yoe?
      Jun 6, 2021
    • Switch companies as long as you can till you cross that 15 year exp. After that you start getting huge TC and companies also look for stability. But yes, there is no hard line on yoe for switching companies. :). And I also like the comment below by @aes1024.
      Happy Hunting
      Jun 6, 2021
  • Media.net / Eng
    aes1024

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    aes1024
    Well early in your career you can join any of Directi/Media.net and slog. You’ll learn exponentially, very little risk of the company folding and also super fast promo and good managers who give visibility. Once you get your 2x tc bump and promo within 1-2 years happy days, go out and join a large firm at a fat paycheck. Chill out for a while then rinse repeat. By them you’ll have sound financial base built.
    Another option I can suggest is Rubrik. Little more risk to it shutting down but damn the people they hire were people Directi hired 5 years back. As companies become larger and more established pay starts dropping or I say stabilizing as per market standards as brand name commands premium.
    Or you could go to no name startups like Yugabyte Observe.ai eightfold.ai and make insane money but you never know next year they are there or not and also you have insane responsibilities for it with little to no hand holding. So its a tradeoff.
    My personal opinion start your career in a mid size firm preferably unicorn startup or post that stage and get a good TC bump get good learning and learn from good colleagues too and then move on to larger firms which can suistanably pay you these high TCs
    Jun 6, 2021 2
    • GitHub
      DreCapPra

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      DreCapPra
      OP
      This comment made me realise my Placement cell f**ked me up. Got selected for most of high paying startups interviews but MS came on Day 0 and selected me with just 1 interview. I was highly suspicious back then but now I realise they got a great deal where I got lowballed pretty easily!
      Thanks for your suggestion. Need to clarify one more thing. Suppose I applied for media.net sde-1 profile and got selected, will my 1Yoe remain intact or I’ll be starting like a fresher again and it’ll take me the same amount of time as a fresher takes for my next promotion?
      Jun 6, 2021
    • Media.net / Eng
      aes1024

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      aes1024
      Dm me I’ll explain in detail.
      Jun 6, 2021
  • Mostly past experience don’t matter. You will start as a fresher.
    Jun 7, 2021 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    $racoon>

    Go to company page Microsoft Eng

    $racoon>
    Microsoft I don't care :)
    Jun 6, 2021 0