Would you work for BillG?
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What are we talking? Making cups of coffee? Cleaning the toilets? Developing software? Microsoft looks like a really fun place to work, but they have a reputation for giving employees bad hours and holidays. I'd do it just to say I worked for Microsoft. Sure, they have done some bad things to get ahead of the competition, but that's business for you. :)
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024Yeah. Work there for 3 years and then you can go work anywhere after. It probably opens every door when MS is on your resume. --------------- http://www.edovia.com
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There are some really rabid anti-MS people out there. I also have the impression that a sizeable number of programmers dont like Microsoft. I'm willing to bet my last dollar that all of them would jump at the chance to work for BillG if given the chance. I love using Linux and very much prefer Opengl over DirectX any day (for my game) but if BillG came aknockin' boy would I jump! I'd still prefer Linux, etc but it would be fun to see people's faces when I tell them I work for the Evil Empire. Plus, working for MS you recieve emails from Him and get access to a bunch of cool(:~ Win98?) source code! bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur
[eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
I would work for anyone if they offered, so long as I found nothing I would be doing objectionable and the pay was reasonable. Brian Azzopardi wrote: I also have the impression that a sizeable number of programmers dont like Microsoft. Only the loudest.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Old Macdonald had a farm and I had it after I had the cows, I had the pigs I'm an animal shafter
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What if you were asked to work on the next VC++ compiler? May the Source be with you Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
i'd tell them that i don't know anything about writing C++ compilers. :) i don't like MS, and i think i could stand by that feeling, regardless of the job offer. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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i'd tell them that i don't know anything about writing C++ compilers. :) i don't like MS, and i think i could stand by that feeling, regardless of the job offer. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
Ohh come on mate, you're not Luke SkyWalker are you :laugh: :laugh: What if they offered you the chance to lead a team of developers doing whatever it is that you want to do. Would you still resist? ;) May the Source be with you Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
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There are some really rabid anti-MS people out there. I also have the impression that a sizeable number of programmers dont like Microsoft. I'm willing to bet my last dollar that all of them would jump at the chance to work for BillG if given the chance. I love using Linux and very much prefer Opengl over DirectX any day (for my game) but if BillG came aknockin' boy would I jump! I'd still prefer Linux, etc but it would be fun to see people's faces when I tell them I work for the Evil Empire. Plus, working for MS you recieve emails from Him and get access to a bunch of cool(:~ Win98?) source code! bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur
[eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
Yeah, if the job was right. I spoke to one of their recruiters about working on the COM+ team a couple of years ago. That would have been cool. Len Holgate www.jetbyte.com The right code, right now.
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Ohh come on mate, you're not Luke SkyWalker are you :laugh: :laugh: What if they offered you the chance to lead a team of developers doing whatever it is that you want to do. Would you still resist? ;) May the Source be with you Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
yes. i am not interested in MS. i don't like MS's business practices. i don't want to work for a large company. i don't want to work for a company that would require me to give up my own business. i have 0 interest in .Net. i live in NC, not WA. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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yes. i am not interested in MS. i don't like MS's business practices. i don't want to work for a large company. i don't want to work for a company that would require me to give up my own business. i have 0 interest in .Net. i live in NC, not WA. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
Chris Losinger wrote: i live in NC, not WA. Yankee! ;P My cousin lives in NC, and I even have a friend visitng there right now. Hmm... Must be something about that place I don't know about. :~ Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger
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Chris Losinger wrote: i live in NC, not WA. Yankee! ;P My cousin lives in NC, and I even have a friend visitng there right now. Hmm... Must be something about that place I don't know about. :~ Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger
NC does have awesome beaches, and i just can't get enough (pork & vinegar) BBQ. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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yes. i am not interested in MS. i don't like MS's business practices. i don't want to work for a large company. i don't want to work for a company that would require me to give up my own business. i have 0 interest in .Net. i live in NC, not WA. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
I suppose the flipside is what would you do if your company was taken over by MS (assuming that you had no option but to accept the takeover) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Chris Losinger wrote: i live in NC, not WA. Yankee! ;P My cousin lives in NC, and I even have a friend visitng there right now. Hmm... Must be something about that place I don't know about. :~ Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Hmm... Must be something about that place I don't know about. You're allowed to marry your sister... A New Adjective Is Born!
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I suppose the flipside is what would you do if your company was taken over by MS (assuming that you had no option but to accept the takeover) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
if MS wants to buy my business, then i'd gladly sell. but, the current staff (me) would only stay on as long as is necessary to transfer the technology. if MS bought my company, i'd take the cash and start a record store. -c
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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What are we talking? Making cups of coffee? Cleaning the toilets? Developing software? Microsoft looks like a really fun place to work, but they have a reputation for giving employees bad hours and holidays. I'd do it just to say I worked for Microsoft. Sure, they have done some bad things to get ahead of the competition, but that's business for you. :)
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024Simon Walton wrote: What are we talking? Making cups of coffee? Cleaning the toilets? LOL ! :-D Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter
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There are some really rabid anti-MS people out there. I also have the impression that a sizeable number of programmers dont like Microsoft. I'm willing to bet my last dollar that all of them would jump at the chance to work for BillG if given the chance. I love using Linux and very much prefer Opengl over DirectX any day (for my game) but if BillG came aknockin' boy would I jump! I'd still prefer Linux, etc but it would be fun to see people's faces when I tell them I work for the Evil Empire. Plus, working for MS you recieve emails from Him and get access to a bunch of cool(:~ Win98?) source code! bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur
[eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
Actually, i think i would be too terrified to take up a jab at MS. With all those super geeks, i don't think it would be good for my selfy-esteem.