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development process

clear requirements 2.5
design and planning 3.0
quality assurance 3.0
automated testing 3.0
peer review 3.0
development environment 3.0
development hardware 3.5
physical workspace 3.0
infrastructure and support 4.0
issue tracking 4.0
source control 4.0
product quality 3.0

culture

cultivation of creativity 2.0
mitigation of risk 3.5
reasonable workload 3.0
prevention of crunch time 3.0
hitting deadlines 3.0
taking responsibility 3.5
development autonomy 3.0
keeping ego in check 2.0

compensation

salary 2.5
health coverage 4.0
paid time off 4.0
snacks 3.5
other perks 4.0

organization

advancement opportunities 3.5
employee retention 3.0
hiring process 3.0
quality of development management 3.0
quality of upper management 2.5
quality of developers 3.0
team-to-team communication 2.5
internal team communication 3.0
management-developer communication 3.0

general

location 3.0
nearby food 3.0
business model 3.0
cool technology 3.0
vision and strategy 3.0
warm fuzzy feeling 2.0
overall 2.5

preferences

casual dress code 4.0
use of Free Software 1.5
development of Free Software 1.0
use of GNU/Linux 1.0
use of Mac OS 1.0
use of Solaris 1.0
use of Windows 4.0
use of BSD 1.0
use of Python 2.0
use of Perl 2.0
use of Ruby 2.0
use of Lisp 1.0
use of Java 1.0
use of C# 4.0
use of Objective-C 1.0
use of C 2.5
use of C++ 3.5
use of PHP 1.0
use of ASP 3.5
use of legacy languages 2.0
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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft, one of the world's largest software companies, is best known for its Windows operating system and Office productivity software. The company also produces hardware, such as the Xbox game console. Microsoft has helped changed the computing industry and the future.

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  • 3.0 Ok place to work posted on September 13, 2008

    It is OK place to work, I can mention flexible hours, competitive pay, medical coverage (important for US) and benefits on one side but on other side lots of bureaucracy, hard to stay really productive and overall they cultivate culture of people who like their lives to be wrap around work. Engineers and PM have this slightly skewed attitude that they are somehow special where in fact they are just average.

  • 2.0 Evil empire posted on November 18, 2007

    They don't need humans engineers, just robots. The big picture isn't exactly shown to engineers. They make money, but don't really take the industry forward.
    Overall quality of engineers is'nt something to boast about.

  • 1.0 Two Words... posted by mmahar on October 20, 2007

    Evil Empire

  • 4.0 Microsoft's values are top posted on February 06, 2007

    Microsoft has progressive values and excellent benefits. People have room to move and get a breadth of experience. I love working at Microsoft!

  • 4.0 Great work environment, but thick bureaucracy posted on November 27, 2006

    I've been a dev in Redmond, WA for 2 years so far.

    Good:
    - Flexible work hours: if you have no meetings scheduled, nobody cares where you are, as long as work gets done.
    - Excellent benefits: free top notch sports club, shower/towels in every building, 3 week annual vacation for new employees, free drinks.
    - Great first line of management -- genuinely understand the issues coders face and help with career advancement (based on 2 managers I had so far).
    - more...

  • 3.0 Could be worse... posted on September 20, 2006

    After a relatively short time at Microsoft as a Software Tester, I left the company. Microsoft as a whole is a pretty good place to work. They are great about giving you the tools you need to do your job, compensation is above average, and benefits are the best I've seen anywhere. They have an above average vacation package for new-college grads and a VERY flexible work schedule. However, at microsoft, software testers are second class citizens. If you more...

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