tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10893214.post114555142097334403..comments2023-10-05T01:08:03.227-07:00Comments on cawood's blog - geek literature: more about work at microsoftStephen Cawoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07948009840630937442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10893214.post-1148257907017009952006-05-21T17:31:00.000-07:002006-05-21T17:31:00.000-07:00thanks for the message jonban. I hope that you're ...thanks for the message jonban. I hope that you're doing well.<BR/><BR/>I like your story about being kicked out of the office for working too late. I don't think that they'll be adopting that policy in Redmond :P<BR/><BR/>cheersStephen Cawoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948009840630937442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10893214.post-1148050752306631412006-05-19T07:59:00.000-07:002006-05-19T07:59:00.000-07:00Hello Steve,I really enjoyed reading this. When pe...Hello Steve,<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed reading this. <BR/><BR/>When people ask me what it was like to work at MS, I quickly run short of ideas, so this will certainly turn out useful, even though Product Support in Issaquah is way different than developping in Redmond.<BR/><BR/>What I usually say is that I got to collaborate with the famous guy who co-wrote <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321194446/sr=8-1/qid=1148048297/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-1258889-1764603?%5Fencoding=UTF8" REL="nofollow">Microsoft Content Management Server 2002: A Complete Guide</A> book or I mention the awesome company store where you could get XBOX games for 10 bucks. However I think that there are risks of being somehow brainwashed if you don't pay attention: for example, what really struck me at the time was the "Friends dont let friends use AOL" posters displayed in the corridors.<BR/><BR/>I also worked in Microsoft France at Les Ulis, and I have to say that alhtough the workload was less intense (Once I got removed of the building at 8h30 pm by Security, because they didn't expect me to work so late), I found the middle management to be more human.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your writer's career and cheers to the ex-NCompass Labs crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com