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I'm working at Microsoft this summer, and it really is a fun place to work, especially compared to Goldman Sachs and AMD (where I've spent previous summers). P
by endtime 17y ago
I'm working at Microsoft this summer, and it really is a fun place to work, especially compared to Goldman Sachs and AMD (where I've spent previous summers). People work whatever hours they feel like, they have fun (my team has "Scotch Friday" every few weeks, for example), and our boss is extremely bright (and amusing).
I haven't worked for Google, so maybe that's even better, I don't know - but from what I've seen so far, there's nothing not to like about working for Microsoft.
For what it's worth, just about everyone I've met will openly admit that the company culture was very different 15 years ago, and earned it some (deserved) negative reputation...but that's really not the company I've seen this summer. Anecdotally: I'm working on the Office web apps, and we fully support Firefox and Safari as well as IE.
- Andys 17y ago> the company culture was very different 15 years ago, and earned it some (deserved) negative reputation Market-wise, I perceived Microsoft as kicking ass during the mid 90's with products that were crushing the competition, whereas nowadays I see them as floundering ineffectively. If the workers weren't happy then, but are happy now, how does that fit with my perceptions?
- endtime 17y agoI never said the workers weren't happy then - I said the company was a different place. People externally were less happy about Microsoft, because it was, as you note, more aggressive.