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You just described Microsoft. (and I'm sure its FAANG friends too)

• DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
  I remember when it was "FAANGMA" - I don't know why people stopped considering Microsoft "worthy" of being an aspirational employer. I've done my time there (3 years as a college-hire) - still my favourite overall employer, I just had a sucky position (and undiagnosed ADHD... yah...). P.S. If any hiring-managers in the OSG Shell team (i.e. Explorer.exe) see this, get in touch, there's so many small little bugs I want to fix!
  • wharvle 3y ago
    The term was originally about stocks of similar profile, not which employers one should aspire to have. Jim Cramer coined it, and modified it a couple times (eventually adding Microsoft).
  • matthewfcarlson 3y ago
    It hasn’t been osg for several years now. It was WDG, then something else, then just part of Azure. When I left, windows got split in two and the shell was under the UI team.
  • ido 3y ago
    I have friends who’ve been working at microsoft for years and seem to like it, and others who worked there and described it as “soul destroying”. I guess in really big companies you can have varied experiences depending on specific team/location/boss.