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Do they really reason like this? Oh my. That's stupid. And here I was thinking Microsoft employs clever people.
As with a lot of corporate thinking, someone is tasked to justify the idea after the fact. Its not that they are unclever but that they think backwards. Conclusion first, support later.
Is that like deciding that Tylenol causes Autism, then trying to find evidence after making an announcement?
Yes, that's a great example. I have had to deal with people that worked in such an environment and its wild. They actually thought that reports needed to show only good since that was their job before, we are talking about inventory reports being changed to be perfect as that was what they thought was wanted even though it made the report pointless.
As a programmer, I've had numerous colleagues who have ended up as software engineers at MS. They were mostly either unbelievably lazy or extremely incompetent. The rest who were both ended up there as managers.
Microsoft's technology specialist are top notch regarding their own product. The other 90% are sales(wo)men and their managers.
Thanks, I know where to send my CV after I get laid off. Just kidding, I don’t think I could handle working on windows
TBF this was all more than 5 years ago when the job interviewing process at most IT companies involved just putting a moistened finger underneath the candidate's nostrils. Apparently the programmer job market is pretty horrific these days, although I wouldn't know since I drive a school bus now.
And during those billions of minutes, most of them are cursing the existence of the spyware experience that is teams.