Dare Obasanjo

"Sorry to contradict your stereotype of MSFT employees. I'm at the stage in my career (6 years working at Microsoft) and my life (newly married with a baby on the way) where I'm not impressed by free lunches and unfocused usage of my precious time. Things I think about now include 1.) I have experience with the software development process that I'd like to share with other so they don't make the same mistakes I made. Microsoft has lots of formal mechanisms to support this including becoming a mentor (I've mentored interns) and a software management career path. 2.) I don't like fire drills because it means someone fucked up and it often means it eats into my personal time (evenings and/or weekends). As lame as it sounds, lots of the process at big companies like Microsoft is to reduce fire drills. How many XSS and XSRF security issues are reported for Google services on proggit versus MSN/Windows Live properties? 3.) Culture. Despite what you read on Slashdot, Microsoft has been..." - Dare Obasanjo

I started at Microsoft many years ago when it was 'the' place to work for a software developer. It was great. I still work here, because its still great. The fact that I now have a family, and Microsoft supports me in that, is a wonderful thing. I'm probably being too thin-skinned, but I always find it painful when my peers out in the world say and assume really nasty things about Microsoft, its people, and its products. - Bruce Williams