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Big picture... things could be far far worse for you. Its pretty hard to give any sort of advice with such little information. I'll just say you really can't f

by agentgt 11y ago

Big picture... things could be far far worse for you. Its pretty hard to give any sort of advice with such little information. I'll just say you really can't fall in love with the technology but rather you should love solving problems... ie be technology agnostic. There are lots of real world problems still left to be solved. I also have some doubts that you seriously took advantage of working at Microsoft. I can tell you working from home with my own company you really really miss learning from others. The idea making synergy and excitement of being around other smart people even if its only during lunch break is a huge highly underrated benefit long term.... and now you will be sitting on a couch. I honestly can't figure out if it is your goal to just program simple little programs with assemble or C? Is that what makes you happy? Did Microsoft not challenge you enough? Again serious lack of information.

vonmoltke 11y ago
> I'll just say you really can't fall in love with the technology but rather you should love solving problems Of course, if you only love certain kinds of problems, that can be effectively the same thing.
andywood 11y ago
This was my 2nd go-round at MS. I also worked there for 5 years, earlier in my career, and had a better time. This time, I was working as a contractor, so switching teams was not an option. And again, the day-to-day was so horrific, that soldiering on was also not an option. As far as my goal - that's what I'm trying to figure out. For practical purposes, it may be mostly about avoiding webdev. However, this most recent job was not webdev, yet it was still an absurdly convoluted architectural hodge-podge. So, one thing I may be looking for is more homogeneity. It's not about size or complexity, per se. I've worked on many large, complex projects and had a good time. What turns me off about webdev is a) new frameworks being hyped every month, and b) the architecture of a modern web app gives me a headache. I want to return to a time when I used to spend most of my time on data, algorithms, and writing code, with a single API being the worst "necessary evil" in the mix.
- iconjack 11y ago
  How can you be contacted?

by agentgt 11y ago

vonmoltke 11y ago

> I'll just say you really can't fall in love with the technology but rather you should love solving problems Of course, if you only love certain kinds of problems, that can be effectively the same thing.

andywood 11y ago

This was my 2nd go-round at MS. I also worked there for 5 years, earlier in my career, and had a better time. This time, I was working as a contractor, so switching teams was not an option. And again, the day-to-day was so horrific, that soldiering on was also not an option. As far as my goal - that's what I'm trying to figure out. For practical purposes, it may be mostly about avoiding webdev. However, this most recent job was not webdev, yet it was still an absurdly convoluted architectural hodge-podge. So, one thing I may be looking for is more homogeneity. It's not about size or complexity, per se. I've worked on many large, complex projects and had a good time. What turns me off about webdev is a) new frameworks being hyped every month, and b) the architecture of a modern web app gives me a headache. I want to return to a time when I used to spend most of my time on data, algorithms, and writing code, with a single API being the worst "necessary evil" in the mix.

iconjack 11y ago
How can you be contacted?