3 ms·
I am living in 2 tech worlds that couldn't be more different... The web / startup / open source / constantly changing world of continuous learning and building
by edw519 6y ago
I am living in 2 tech worlds that couldn't be more different...
The web / startup / open source / constantly changing world of continuous learning and building solutions looking for problems.
And the enterprise world of minimizing risk, meeting all day to kick real problems to someone else, and staying just far enough below radar to keep direct deposit and 401Ks humming along.
Make no mistake about it: Microsoft OWNS the enterprise world and has for 25 years. These people know little else. They do Webex and Skype, not zoom or slack. They use Microsoft Project and Sharepoint, not Trello. They outsource or purchase e-commerce, HR, and supply chain. If any programmer knows anything not Microsoft, they're either "not a team player" or "a god". Hell, even one CEO once told me, "I do not allow my people to use I.T. as an excuse. They have Excel." That's pretty much the thinking and I don't see any evidence that it's changing anytime soon.
Any enterprise people here have similar experience?
- imbnwa 6y agoWould just add MS Teams to that list, which at my company replaced Skype and Webex, and has a worse UI than Slack and whose custom, non-OS notification windows close but don't destruct on Mojave Oh, and can't forget wiring all of Production to specifically target MS SQL Server dialect That MS security blanket is cozy for somebody though