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Disclaimer: MSFtie, who came in prior to that switch as an SDET, and was converted to a SWE during the layoffs. In case your genuine was genuine, I'll give a s
by existencebox 10y ago
Disclaimer: MSFtie, who came in prior to that switch as an SDET, and was converted to a SWE during the layoffs.
In case your genuine was genuine, I'll give a somewhat serious answer: The intention was that the SDET work would be picked up by SWEs who would be responsible with dev and test. Ops also is slowly being absorbed in this manner (this current wonderful permutation of the word "devops")
As to my thoughts on the transition... let the assertion that my home machines are still (happily) running 7 speak for itself; and I say that with unfortunate tone in that I'm a big fan of hyper-v integration/DX12.
- yuhong 10y agoI wonder if part of the problem is that WinSE is expensive.
- cm3 10y agoThanks for the response, and yes my question was genuine. My thought on Windows >7 is that 8 and 10 have introduced many desirable improvements in various subsystems, but unfortunately one cannot have the old user experience (classic shell) with, say, new core subsystems and core system apps. Thankfully, I don't depend on Windows, so it doesn't affect me directly, though the times I have interacted with Windows 10 on a friend's laptop, I couldn't believe how much it regressed for power users. Simple things like login and logout are totally messed up now, as is the waste of screen real estate and Windows 1.0 style widgets with a flat theme plus low-contrast color palette, large-white regions. To top it off, even if one creates a custom install image with tools like nLite, Microsoft is known to reinstall stuff one absolutely does not want. Finally, the mobile platform inspired data collection services are out of place on the desktop, unless they're opt-in and optionally installed. I once tried to use a Windows 8 tablet when it was new, and I could not figure out how to use the touch interface and there were no indicators, so I concluded that there must be a getting started tutorial one sees on first boot of the device. KDE and GNOME are repeating the same mistakes, by trying to make the desktop something it isn't. It's like trying to turn a PC into an Xbox with a WiiU controller, taking away precise input devices and efficient use of screen space. Making widgets large to suit touch use makes no sense if you control it with a keyboard and mouse.
- perfectfire 10y agoI used to work at Microsoft and have never heard or seen the TLA SWE before. Did mean to type SDE?
- appleflaxen 10y agoand the rest of us are even more confused
- perfectfire 10y agoMicrosoft used to work in "feature teams" of 3 disciplines: an SDE (Software Design Engineer), an SDET (Software Design Engineer in Test), and a PM (either Program Manager or Project Manager, I can never remember). I assume SWE is El Goog's name for an SDE probably standing for Software Engineer.
- existencebox 10y agoSorry for the confusion, I was at G prior and the "SWE" nomenclature never really dropped for me. SDE/SWE is pretty much interchangeable in my book
- perfectfire 10y agoAh that makes sense. I'm interviewing with G soon and so I hope to to be an SWE soon.