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Mini-Microsoft
- slater 6y ago2014
- samcheng 6y agoThis is important. I was initially shocked to hear of a big round of layoffs at Microsoft, until I saw the date. Maybe we can add the year to the link?
- jkuria 6y agoWas the author ever identified?
- redis_mlc 6y agoI used to read this often. The most interesting post was one of the final ones. In 1,000 comments speculating about Ballmer's successor, I saw only one mention of Satya Nadella.
- 1-6 6y agoWhat am I reading here? Thanks in advance.
- alisonkisk 6y agoA Microsoft manager ran a blog with inside scoops.
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- doktorhladnjak 6y agoFor those who haven't heard of mini before, this site was like Blind but only for Microsoft 20 years ago. The blogger was anonymous but claimed to be a partner, which is a high level at Microsoft. He openly criticized aspects of the culture and company's direction. Notably he thought the company had gotten too big and needed to have fewer employees (hence the mini Microsoft moniker). Employees would share salaries, bonuses, and raises every year after reviews in a giant thread of anonymous comments.
- guiambros 6y ago"He openly criticized aspects of the culture..." He? I thought the author was anonymous and never came forward, so it'd be better to use gender neutral. EDIT: given the downvotes, I'd imagine some folks have a disdain for precise language, and prefer instead to just perpetuate outdated stereotypes.
- rbanffy 6y agoI'm almost sure I know the person. If I'm right, it's really a he, even though he never confessed. Nice meeting you here, btw.
- concreteblock 6y agoAccording to wikipedia, "From his two known interviews, it is known that: Mini-Microsoft is male (reported in both interviews). He is married (reported in both interviews and occasionally referred to on the site). At least one co-worker has figured out his identity (reported by Danny Westneat)."
- kthejoker2 6y agoDefinitely some ML models today capable of identifying writers from their textual idiosyncracies... Although I guess some adversarial code will extend it, the days of being truly "Anonymous" (and therefore liberated to speak on topics like this) are probably almost over.
- kerng 6y agoWas it Steven Sinofsky?
- mechnesium 6y agoShould add (2014) to the title.