I worked and left Microsoft in the past two years.
For some background -- I was always the 'linux guy' in school/college, trying my best to use non-MS alternatives, just out of purse spite for the 'big corporation’ I guess.
Anyway, I got a sweet offer straight out of college while I was rejected by Google (might have something to do with me having low GPA).
I worked at Microsoft for about 18 months. For me, the work environment, compensation and benefits were simply amazing.
The main reason I left was to pursue goals of doing independent software development which worked really well for me when I was in college. I found that work more satisfying and I wanted to do more of that.
My position was SDET or "Software Design Engineer in Test". What the title means, how it interacts with other titles is fairly complicated and depends on the group. Overall though, the position was technical and involved coding which some people might assume it doesn't.
I did get a lot of flak for turning on my 'open source ideals' but I just ignored it and I learnt enough new things at my time at Microsoft to be convinced it was a good choice after college.
For some background -- I was always the 'linux guy' in school/college, trying my best to use non-MS alternatives, just out of purse spite for the 'big corporation’ I guess.
Anyway, I got a sweet offer straight out of college while I was rejected by Google (might have something to do with me having low GPA).
I worked at Microsoft for about 18 months. For me, the work environment, compensation and benefits were simply amazing.
The main reason I left was to pursue goals of doing independent software development which worked really well for me when I was in college. I found that work more satisfying and I wanted to do more of that.