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I agree. It seems as if she's taking whatever she's experienced in Microsoft (which is one company) and applying that to any other company with multidisciplinar

I agree. It seems as if she's taking whatever she's experienced in Microsoft (which is one company) and applying that to any other company with multidisciplinary teams and a large bureaucratic layer. She should, at least, give working in Google a chance (maybe a couple years or so?) before writing something like this.

rufius 16y ago
Not to mention she's focusing on one experience within Microsoft. Its a big company and not every team is like that but the blog post would lead you to believe that every team is.
olliesaunders 16y ago
Your statement isn't really refuting her argument though. Sure, any sufficiently inexperienced individual might be wrong, but inexperience does not guarantee wrongness.
- studer 16y ago
  Generalizing from a single example often does guarantee that you're missing a whole lot, though. It's almost as bad as generalizing from no examples, even when the single example is a good one. Which it wasn't, in this case.
Tichy 16y ago
I am struggling with the decision to accept a job offer at the moment, and I keep hearing this: "why don't you just try it (for a couple of years)". And I don't understand it. Granted, I could quit after 3 months, but it would probably invoke bad feelings. So I assume for employment I would be looking into at least one year. That is HUGE investment of time. It is 3% of my officially remaining time in the work force (provided I stay healthy, until the official retiring age). Is that really an investment you are supposed to make "just to try things"???
- studer 16y ago
  So what's your alternative?
  - Tichy 16y ago
    Freelancing, selecting projects with shorter durations. Saving enough money to be able to bootstrap a startup and determine one's own working conditions. Though I might be unique in feeling uneasy about quitting a job after a short amount of time (like a month). Maybe for other people it is not as much of an issue.
    - matwood 16y ago
      You shouldn't feel uneasy about quitting within 90 days. Most employes have the 90 day provision to fire you if you don't work out, so just use the same logic.

rufius 16y ago

Not to mention she's focusing on one experience within Microsoft. Its a big company and not every team is like that but the blog post would lead you to believe that every team is.

olliesaunders 16y ago

Your statement isn't really refuting her argument though. Sure, any sufficiently inexperienced individual might be wrong, but inexperience does not guarantee wrongness.

studer 16y ago
Generalizing from a single example often does guarantee that you're missing a whole lot, though. It's almost as bad as generalizing from no examples, even when the single example is a good one. Which it wasn't, in this case.

Tichy 16y ago

I am struggling with the decision to accept a job offer at the moment, and I keep hearing this: "why don't you just try it (for a couple of years)". And I don't understand it. Granted, I could quit after 3 months, but it would probably invoke bad feelings. So I assume for employment I would be looking into at least one year. That is HUGE investment of time. It is 3% of my officially remaining time in the work force (provided I stay healthy, until the official retiring age). Is that really an investment you are supposed to make "just to try things"???

studer 16y ago
So what's your alternative?
- Tichy 16y ago
  Freelancing, selecting projects with shorter durations. Saving enough money to be able to bootstrap a startup and determine one's own working conditions. Though I might be unique in feeling uneasy about quitting a job after a short amount of time (like a month). Maybe for other people it is not as much of an issue.
  - matwood 16y ago
    You shouldn't feel uneasy about quitting within 90 days. Most employes have the 90 day provision to fire you if you don't work out, so just use the same logic.