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Not Really. I work at Microsoft. MS has mountains of cash and they're hiring like crazy. I agree Microsoft might not have the sexiest product that make everyon
by nojvek 12y ago
Not Really. I work at Microsoft. MS has mountains of cash and they're hiring like crazy.
I agree Microsoft might not have the sexiest product that make everyone drool, but they have some products that make a ton of money and not sexy at all. e.g SQL Server
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoI spent four years working on Visual Studio. Your product's management UI is one of the key things I worked on. You're going to be fine. Your peers in Bing, MSN or Nokia are not likely to be so lucky. Also: I bet you ten bucks (USD) that major layoffs are announced by the end of the month.
- nojvek 12y agoNot sure how major, major will be.
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoI'm hearing numbers ranging from 5-15% of the company. I'd say that a major layoff is anything as big or bigger than the 2009 layoffs that cut 5,000 people. 5% is about 6,000 people. 15% is about 19,000 people.
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoI'd say 18,000 is pretty major. Wouldn't you?