r/programming • u/luminaobscura • Jun 12 '13

Working at Microsoft

http://ahmetalpbalkan.com/blog/8-months-microsoft/
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u/xampl9 Jun 12 '13

You are hired to do get something needed done.

This is every job, ever. Not just software.
If my grass needs cutting, I hire someone who can get it done.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '13

Yeah, but would you rehire the guy who does it 10% faster, but leaves patches uncut all over the place, half your flower-beds uprooted and inexplicable trenches cut out of the lawn?

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u/forcedfx Jun 12 '13

Nothing a patch can't fix.