I am going to be really curious to find out how this plays out for OP. I don't know anything about MSFT, but it's a courageous and insightful post that underlin

I am going to be really curious to find out how this plays out for OP. I don't know anything about MSFT, but it's a courageous and insightful post that underlines many of the awful truths about typical corporate programming. The nonsense (endless meetings, anti-intellectualism, lack of passion) is why so many people check out for good around 40. I really hate the stereotype that that's normal, though; I go to Lisp meetups and fairly often run into people in their 50s to 70s who are still passionate about technology. I want to know, now and in 6 months, where the OP ends up. I'm not going to get into more detail than this, but one learns a lot (about others, organizations, and oneself) through whistleblowing.