In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things
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In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things
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Re: In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things
#2Welcome to the corporate world, where the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
There is always being an intrapreneur. People are people and can be influenced. It isn't easy.
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#3"I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these."
WOW! It's one thing to ignore competitors, it's another to not know who they are. I thought (by reputation) that Microsoft was a competitive place.
"It’s hard to find a position in corporations matches what you love to do."
Seems obvious, but hindsight is 20/20.
It was a risk for them to post an article that could be considered critical of the mothership.
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#4"I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these." WOW! It's one thing to ignore competitors, it's another to not know who they are. I thought (by reputation) that Microsoft was a competitive place. "It’s hard to find a position in corporations matches what you love to do." Seems obvious, but hinds…
I find that statement hard to believe. The Azure Insiders mailing list has multiple threads mentioning other competitors such as Heroku and Rackspace.
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#5> Not giving back to the public domain is a norm.
Uh, this is Microsoft, they may have a slightly more close-minded view of the open source movement than, say RedHat or Google, or hell, even Oracle.
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#6He sounds like someone who is significantly lowering his standards. Seems like working at a big corporation is killing his spirit and energy. That is just sad.
Edit: Unless he is being sarcastic?
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#7Started a company... failed. Came crawling back to the corporate world, regretfully; it hasn't been all bad but I've experienced most of your pain points.
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#8I work at a big enterprise and yes, lots of things are familiar. Then again, I work on a project that's about 5-8 years late, and migration will finally be completed next week. People are figuring out documentation matters, and large parts are being properly documented and/or rewritten. There are corporations where people get it.
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#9"I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these." WOW! It's one thing to ignore competitors, it's another to not know who they are. I thought (by reputation) that Microsoft was a competitive place. "It’s hard to find a position in corporations matches what you love to do." Seems obvious, but hinds…
I find that statement hard to believe. The Azure Insiders mailing list has multiple threads mentioning other competitors such as Heroku and Rackspace.
I guess this once again proves that a lot of people simply don't read mailing list emails.
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#10"I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these." WOW! It's one thing to ignore competitors, it's another to not know who they are. I thought (by reputation) that Microsoft was a competitive place. "It’s hard to find a position in corporations matches what you love to do." Seems obvious, but hinds…
I find that statement hard to believe. The Azure Insiders mailing list has multiple threads mentioning other competitors such as Heroku and Rackspace.
I don't.
Microsoft has such a high level of not invented here (NIH) syndrome sometimes that I'd find it easier to believe that engineers on the ground are simply unaware of the competition.