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Tangential. For me the fascinating thing is looking at the list of authors to recognize so many from the 2005-2012 Microsoft SQL Server team. Folk I know perso
by rusanu 9y ago
Tangential.
For me the fascinating thing is looking at the list of authors to recognize so many from the 2005-2012 Microsoft SQL Server team. Folk I know personally as exceptional performers. Same when I look at Aurora papers. I see this as the result of Ballmer's famous HR initiatives and the massive brain drain that occurred at Microsoft around 2010-ish.
- pavlov 9y agoCan you tell some more about the HR initiatives? (I would just google it, but a bit unclear what I should be looking for.)
- rusanu 9y agoYou can point back to the 2004 benefits overhaul [0], the famous Towels story [1], low compensation rates compared to Google, Amazon and Facebook [2]. Just go over minimsft.blogspot.com posts at the time. Add to this the lack of vision and direction, catastrophic acquisitions, dismal flagship product releases. At the time there were running jokes about the Inbox filling up with "After 15 years, is time to send that email" subject lines... [0] http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2001938654_microsoft26.html [1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-brings-back-the-towels-5000148135/ [2] http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/internal-microsoft-compensation.html