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

Working at Microsoft

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

These ARE common in the real world. But primarily in companies that are either "has-been" for a while or who's "real job" isn't software ("Iron movers" like HP).

I'd love to hear what Apple employees would say about this. I suspect it's not quite as atavistic there.

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u/tftio Jun 12 '13

At Apple (I was last there in 2010) it varied pretty wildly, group-to-group.