Re:What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
by ip26 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @06:56AM
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She definitely seems European
Seems? She worked out of the Warsaw office. Not many Americans there, I expect.
Re:What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
by enedil on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:09AM
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Does that imply there are no people but Americans and Europeans? Why don't you simply check where is she from? It's quite easy to check that she has polish name, speaks fluent polish, so I guess she is in fact polish. But why did you feel it's important to mention America here?
Re:What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
by kerbalspacepro on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:53PM
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Are you made that they didn't leave open the possibility that she was Australian, a Kiwi or an Afrikaner?
I've worked at startups and universities and I never had to deal with:
> The people I had on my team, were extremely closed minded. Most of them with many years of experience working in a corporation, so even more closed minded, only caring about their manager’s approval.
> I actually cared about my role, I cared about the people we were doing the Connect event for more than for my career and no one seemed to understand that.
> I found a job fairly easily with a similar salary, where they didn’t expect me to work 24/7.
I've worked long hours at a startup, but not like she is describing. The startup wasn't part of my identity, I didn't need to play politics. All I did was dev dev dev and some more dev. The communication overhead was low. Compared to her story, I had a dream job. Except that I didn't, it had good parts, and it had frustrating parts. Teaching at a coding school is more like a dream job since it doesn't feel like work and people pay you for it, except that it stifles career growth.