Facts of life at Microsoft: - There is dead wood. People who do negative work, or who do not add value, only process, to shipping products - There are toxic m

Facts of life at Microsoft: - There is dead wood. People who do negative work, or who do not add value, only process, to shipping products - There are toxic middle-to-upper level managers. These people exist; I have personal experience with one who I believe is an actual psychopath - There are many partner-level people who have essentially reduced their careers to manipulation of other people's careers, by canceling products, or getting people canned or quashing promotions, or backing poor promotions. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that middle management at Microsoft is riddled with "dead wood".