Working at Microsoft: The Good, the Bad and the ‘In-Between’
Published April 19th, 2006 in Microsoft, Noteworthy, Shorts, Software, Technology
As a long-time Apple and UNIX user/programmer, I never aspired to work at Microsoft. Then my wife got a job at Microsoft, so I needed to leave Caltech/JPL to work in Seattle. I didn’t actually apply to Microsoft — a friend of ours who worked there circulated my résumé and Microsoft responded rapidly and set up a last-minute interview. Although I had five other offers, Microsoft made the best impression.
I’ve been working at Microsoft since October, 1999 as a full-time Software Design Engineer. Four products I’ve worked on have shipped, two more are in beta, and I’ve also “consulted” for many other teams across the company, thereby influencing directly and indirectly a large number of Microsoft’s products. Between my experience and my wife’s, I think I’ve gotten a pretty solid feel for what it’s like to work in a product group at Microsoft.
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