tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post109236344298958597..comments2024-03-29T04:53:26.072-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: Comments on Recent CommentsWho da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1093025492092676012004-08-20T11:11:00.000-07:002004-08-20T11:11:00.000-07:00Mike H.. Bringing in a difference perspective I sp...Mike H.. Bringing in a difference perspective I spent my time working with MCS. Like you described it felt like I was getting paid to play, not work. At the end of the day I was there to have fun and enjoy what I do and work with customers to execute projects that make their lives easier. From day one to the last that view never changed and I look forward to going back one day. Now I'm off in the music industry not because I disliked my time at Microsoft, but because this is one project I needed to focus 100% on. There are many challenges facing Microsoft in their bid to diversify their product portfolio while still retain excellence in the core product set. The outside challengers will only help keep them on their toes. After all, that's part of the fun of competition in my mind.<br /><br />c.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1092435695289622922004-08-13T15:21:00.000-07:002004-08-13T15:21:00.000-07:00First of all I never said that you are dumb and yo...First of all I never said that you are dumb and you suck. I said your ideas are either obvious or they are stupid. The fact that you take this personally gives me some insight into why you are doing this (and your maturity level). <br /><br />I also did not say your obvious ideas were dumb. I said they were obvious and were being worked on. Things may not happen as fast as you like but there are efforts underway to eliminate poor performers. If you are a manager in Microsoft then you must know this, if not take comfort; there is a focus to do this. <br /><br />Your comments on the CLR are especially interesting. The CLR and .NET are being used in a large number of performance critical server applications written both by Microsoft and by our customers. And I have seen CLR applications running on the desktop with very good performance. I do agree with you that the CLR and .NET are not for every application, just as C++ or C are not for every application. <br /><br />There are many factors to consider when determining a platform and language to build an application on; existing code base, developer skills, time to market, etc…. The nice thing is that with the Microsoft platform we give the developer a choice. For many of our customers (and internal developers) the productivity gains of the CLR and .NET framework mean the difference between delivering an application in time to make a business impact and delivering nothing. <br /><br />Finally, you say that you’d like to see follow-up constructive ideas on how the company can improve. I do have a number of those ideas. And I’ve had many of them in the past. My ideas differ from yours however in that they are ideas that are within the scope of my control, and I don’t publish them in a blog for the world to take note of. Rather I apply them to my workgroup or submit them to my GM or VP and have internal discussions as to their merit. You might think about putting your energies to work in the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1092396756449513042004-08-13T04:32:00.000-07:002004-08-13T04:32:00.000-07:00Why are truly talented people considering Micro$of...Why are truly talented people considering Micro$oft to be low on their list of places to work?<br /><br />Speaking from experience (having worked at PSS-East down in Charlotte, NC for 3 1/2 years), it's becuase of the bullcrap that management has gone to. Back in the mid 90's, Microsoft was probably one of the best companies to work for in the IT industry. The working enviornment was great, the people were great, I honestly didn't feel like I was going to work in the mornings... I actually looked forward to going to work.<br /><br />Then, Gates stepped down, Ballmer stepped up, and the bean counters took the reigns... Instead of everything in PSS being all about customer satisfaction, it became how many customers could you fly through in a day without pissing them off... Numbers became everything, with customer satisfaction taking a back seat.<br /><br />At that point, it was far more adventageous to be an ass-kisser than somebody that actually knew the technology. They started losing some of their best talent at PSS-East becuase the best & brightest were just waiting for enough stock options to vest, and they were out of that B.S.<br /><br />And then, the witch hunts began... M$ stock started tanking, and they decided to thin out the head count to help lower their costs... If they laid people off, their stock would sink even further, so they started coming up with any and every bullshit reason to get rid of you. Once again, they lost some of their best and brightest becuase they weren't playing the stupid political games like the ass-kissers...<br /><br />I've been talking with some of my friends that actually survived the firing sprees, and they said that things SUCK in PSS-East now... A good few of them said that the only reason they were still there is becuase M$ people down here in Charlotte are a dime-a-dozen, and the IT labor market still sucks down here.<br /><br />Anyhow... Microsoft was once a great company to work for... Not quite so nowadays... I can't blame the truly talented people out there for NOT wanting to go to the evil empire...<br /><br />L8a,<br />Mike H.<br />(ex. mikeh@microsoft.com, PSS-East Desktop Systems escalation engineer)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1092369287303822822004-08-12T20:54:00.000-07:002004-08-12T20:54:00.000-07:00"Stop hiring - rebalance. You don't think these jo..."Stop hiring - rebalance. You don't think these jobs will be posted internally? Of course they are. If you think we are being undisciplined in creating new jobs, just try to get new headcount approved. "<br /><br />Nope.. this is definitely not accurate. I've seen specific departments conducted layoffs, and 95% of the laid off folks get rehired within 2 months into other departments. Talk about maintain a good place for the staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com