tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post8587179857976135790..comments2024-03-18T12:52:48.117-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: A Microsoft Without Sinofsky?Who da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-20027715732193168312014-05-07T22:23:03.675-07:002014-05-07T22:23:03.675-07:00Are you serious? Seriously, are you Sinofsky, Mini...Are you serious? Seriously, are you Sinofsky, Mini MSFT? Because you are the only one who can honestly pay compliments to that nutjob. The amount of damage he caused to this organization will take years to repair. No, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-8169321316277141902013-08-21T10:07:52.094-07:002013-08-21T10:07:52.094-07:00Why has mini gone silent?Why has mini gone silent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-65546038784755548012013-08-14T13:05:48.143-07:002013-08-14T13:05:48.143-07:00Come back mini. With reviews ramping up this is t...Come back mini. With reviews ramping up this is the perfect time for a new post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-55353533079483228592013-08-06T21:01:31.831-07:002013-08-06T21:01:31.831-07:00Mini, where are you? Did you retire? I miss you......Mini, where are you? Did you retire? I miss you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-86329513456651832882013-08-02T21:43:50.791-07:002013-08-02T21:43:50.791-07:00Where are you? Hope all is well. Where are you? Hope all is well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-37517012129234885052013-07-29T13:41:34.740-07:002013-07-29T13:41:34.740-07:00When is the mandatory blog post about the annual e...When is the mandatory blog post about the annual employee reviews coming?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-20303515630712366392013-07-16T03:30:23.924-07:002013-07-16T03:30:23.924-07:00Perhaps you should make a going away post. It'...Perhaps you should make a going away post. It's been 8 months since the last update. Did you get discovered? Get fired? Get bored of the blog?<br /><br />Guessing something happened since your tone changed between posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-43870647845520784902013-07-10T12:25:19.494-07:002013-07-10T12:25:19.494-07:00have you left Microsoft? There are no posts from y...have you left Microsoft? There are no posts from you for the past 9 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-84531223563933741462013-07-10T12:14:14.744-07:002013-07-10T12:14:14.744-07:00Is this Blog active anymore? Did Corp finally shu...Is this Blog active anymore? Did Corp finally shut this PR/HR nightmare down? I hope not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-31902343368993256172013-07-05T20:36:34.401-07:002013-07-05T20:36:34.401-07:00Is the blog dead? Eight months without a post...Is the blog dead? Eight months without a post...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-66078471327848141942013-06-21T20:19:20.606-07:002013-06-21T20:19:20.606-07:00Hey Mini, has MSFT identified you and fired you ? ...Hey Mini, has MSFT identified you and fired you ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-46994392439868698682013-05-29T13:54:08.433-07:002013-05-29T13:54:08.433-07:00Having left Microsoft voluntarily about two years ...Having left Microsoft voluntarily about two years ago in pursuit of a team oriented, constructive environment and re-reading mini for the first time has given me some renewed perspective. That is that Microsoft is a hostile and abusive environment based on pitching employees against each other. I am rank 3! I am 70%! I am 20% what are you? Who the F cares damn good should be good enough! How does your team rank that is more important! When I look at the attacking of each other on this forum it really highlights what I experienced working there for over ten years. It’s too bad… I met a lot of really great people, but a lot of real a$$h0les too. Since I left, my career has accelerated significantly in roll and responsibility. To those who are looking to leave… GO!! The place is bad for your self-confidence and your technical growth. Experience something new and different. If the grass is not greener you can always go back! Sinofsky is gone now if they can only get rid of Ballmer and Brummel I would entertain Microsoft of a potential place to work! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-50115178515975742162013-04-12T01:34:11.779-07:002013-04-12T01:34:11.779-07:00I wonder if the halls of Microsoft are still fille...I wonder if the halls of Microsoft are still filled with the echoes of thunderous applause for Sinofsky's "triumph" with Windows 8...<br /><br />For the record, most of the people I work with in other divisions thought it was a half-baked product from the start. We were curious about why none of you could see the writing on the wall.<br /><br />Partners. Useless, the entire lot of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-46281183337251596762013-04-11T12:37:55.486-07:002013-04-11T12:37:55.486-07:00So it looks like Sinofsky was fired, Windows 8 whi...So it looks like Sinofsky was fired, Windows 8 while pretty has benn panned by IDC so badly it's being accused of accelerating the demise of the PC. As a former employee and current shareholder these are some dark days man.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-11718184306576644772013-04-06T21:10:12.322-07:002013-04-06T21:10:12.322-07:00L65 - Bucket 1, 3 years in a row, Hipo, fired last...L65 - Bucket 1, 3 years in a row, Hipo, fired last month. Go figure. Found better job ($, benefits, perspective) within 5 days. MSFT is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-77834456484951216692013-03-06T18:31:45.079-08:002013-03-06T18:31:45.079-08:00You still there miniYou still there miniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-90585840093464351662013-01-14T12:48:01.469-08:002013-01-14T12:48:01.469-08:00Mini, former softie (L64 Prod. Mgr. SQL Server, b1...Mini, former softie (L64 Prod. Mgr. SQL Server, b18) ... please make a stub post called "Windows 8/RT Feedback" ... you don't need to write anything, just let people post comments. I'm very interested to read what will be posted. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-50391678681200183342013-01-11T21:56:31.344-08:002013-01-11T21:56:31.344-08:00You all need to consider that the Microsoft propos...You all need to consider that the Microsoft proposition is a better one than Apple specifically because it bridges the gap from the old computing paradigm to the new one. iDevices and Macs STILL cannot execute the value proposition that something like over 86% of all world wide computing needs that Windows PCs do. <br /><br />Humans use computers at work far more than any other computer and the Microsoft Value proposition is to bridge that environment with the home, the living room, mobile, etc. Yes MS has been asleep at the wheel and missed the emergent media consumption mobile wave, and it has been a painful journey to get to off of XP and WindowsMobile, that is behind them now. <br /><br />MS needs to quite chasing rabbits like Google and Apple and focus on delivering their products. And deliver them to the expectations of their customers. MS Money was better than quicken but was abandoned because the false assumption the web would offer it for free. It did not, still today I cannot use Mint.com for what MS Money could do. <br /><br />The best selling franchise software in history MS Flight Simulation. Why dump a cash cow??? There was a large community that would have blindly always bought the new version no matter how trivial the advance.<br /><br />MS home server is still needed even with the advent of the cloud. A home personal cloud would be preferred by MANY MANY to the "Big Brother" CIA snooping 'secure' unless 'they' don't like you CLOUD. Again you run away from a user community leaving them flat to chase the rabbits.<br /><br />Finally Windows Phone and Windows 7 then again 8 are great PC and Mobile OS's but in the time you were asleep you chased away all the developers. That was the strength of MS from the beginning. Remember the ads with Charlie Chaplin and all that software. It is still true today.<br /><br />For Christ sake, why cannot WP integrate seamlessly with the Exchange backend servers that so many companies are using such that they can finally ditch BB and give up the complicated GOOD iDevice integration. It should just securely integrate. <br /><br />X-box is the best game console period. And don't get me started with Windows Media Center.<br /><br />All of these items together are great ideas and just need to be executed properly.<br /><br />STOP chasing rabbits and evolve all your product lines to finally meet their customers expectations and integrate together.<br /><br />Add it all together and if MS would get them working together WHS, WP, Desktop, work and home, X-Box, tablet, Media Center (or whatever). Its all already there, just a couple patches or versions and all the little glitches and issues resolved and the MS value proposition is much much stronger that their competition.<br /><br />I know that there is an ACTIVE community that will always try and take the leader down and MS has been proactively under attack by IT activists for the better part of a decade or two. However your loyal customer base expects you to hold your ground and make good products and not abandon sold products and sales to chase whatever someone else is making money at. Focus on your the integrated digital human experience and do it well. STAND your ground and execute well.<br /><br />I am just a customer that has done amazing things with MS products for about 25 years now. BIG things like create brand new markets, build spacecraft that have amazed the world. Things like GPS satellites, etc. The applications I have used TODAY are still not available on Macs or iOS, Android, etc. <br /><br />MS should be proud, but for heavens sake please stick with your products and quit re-inventing the wheel and just improve your amazingly potential-to-be-integrated product lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-34214811865124385622012-12-31T17:21:24.942-08:002012-12-31T17:21:24.942-08:00This is completely unrelated but I don't know ...This is completely unrelated but I don't know where else to ask this question.<br /><br />Does anyone have an opinion on the likely consequences of asking for a demotion?<br /><br />I've been at msft 5 years as a l64. I enjoy most of my job and think I'm good at it, but my reviews have been mid-to-poor. I think I'd enjoy my job much more if I were placed in a lower band where there was less stress. I'd rather take a pay cut than worry every day if I'm going to lose my job.<br /><br />Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-72127185570202714512012-12-27T21:45:02.512-08:002012-12-27T21:45:02.512-08:00Mini we miss you. come publish more often. Mini we miss you. come publish more often. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-48871899217711084262012-12-24T21:24:50.540-08:002012-12-24T21:24:50.540-08:00Mundie is out, thank goodness. The SLT culling con...Mundie is out, thank goodness. The SLT culling continues. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-76663602998628500802012-12-05T10:51:36.750-08:002012-12-05T10:51:36.750-08:00Hi Mini,
I have a question for you. Why not close...Hi Mini,<br /><br />I have a question for you. Why not close the blog and take it down completely? You've fought a good fight, and you did get management to make some changes, but let's be honest: the blog is now irrelevant and your heart isn't in it.<br /><br />There's not really any value in the comments either (back when this was a collaboration and people posted their review numbers etc, it was useful, but now it's a complaint fest that is just demoralizing).<br /><br />I'd like to thank you for forcing management to think of employees as more than just fungible entities. Microsoft has changed, it's neither what Ballmer wants it to be nor what the employees remember it to be. All have some blame to carry.<br /><br />To all the folks who are unhappy with the company or their org: find somewhere else that makes you happier. You'd be surprised at the variety of work settings and mentalities that can be found on campus. Explore, take hiring managers out for coffee, find your fit. If you can't, leave. If that's also not a possibility because of your visa situation, come to grips with what you want to be and be objective / methodical about how to get there as fast as possible. In other words, stop the self-serving, toxic apathy.<br /><br />Some of us actually want things to get better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-88800347661909147702012-12-01T09:45:27.327-08:002012-12-01T09:45:27.327-08:00As the Win8 story unfolds and the unfortunate but ...As the Win8 story unfolds and the unfortunate but inevitable numbers start to leak.... its time for a classic Mini post. A prescription for positive change and a way out of this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-12718983263949924342012-11-24T13:52:09.520-08:002012-11-24T13:52:09.520-08:00Every employee in Windows client division (Sinofsk...Every employee in Windows client division (Sinofsky's org) was given $8888 check for shipping Windows 8 (apart from the regular annual bonus). Even though other parts of Microsoft like Windows Server had great contributions overall, guys in Windows Server got $0. Tons of employees in Windows Sever got pissed off and their morale was impacted negatively. Eventually, random, discriminatory policies like this will come back to bite even the best of execs. Thats what happenned to Sinofsky. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-73065754951930275472012-11-22T20:38:44.762-08:002012-11-22T20:38:44.762-08:00I keep hearing how Microsoft is not an innovative ...I keep hearing how Microsoft is not an innovative culture. And yet there are other attributes that never surface on these posts. Simply stated, Microsoft is a fiercely unkind place to work. Most MSFT leadership (and perhaps Mini him/herself) will likely scoff at words like "kind, thoughtful, and nurturing" when describing its ideal culture. These very humane attributes are so far beyond their grasp that they are seen as laughable, or at the very least, irrelevant. <br /><br />Let the sarcasm begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com