Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:03:28 +0200 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <016a01c1dc13$cbbb1790$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <xzppu1f1oh5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <1AFD7E6F-47EB-11D6-BF98-003065D5E9A4@infospace.com> <20020404113201.C2470@rain.macguire.net>
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Benjamin writes: > They can't get paid that badly either, a > few folks I'm friends with host some kickass > parties from their 1400 square foot apartment > in downtown seattle. Those are stock options, not salary. Microsoft has historically been slightly _below_ the norm for salaries in the industry, but the prestige of the company and very high-flying stock options persuaded people to hire on and stay. Now that MSFT stock isn't really worth anything any more, the stock-option carrot is gone, and Microsoft has had to raise salaries. I still don't believe they are paying much better than anyone else, however. There is a lot of company loyalty, though, and the working environment is very pleasant in many ways, particularly for workaholics. > Microsoft seems very much to be a brute force > code factory, churning code internally, and > selling the end product to customers when > another person from some far-off part of the > company says go. That's how you make the money. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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