Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire a Marketer from Microsoft

Re:Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire a Marketer from Microsoft by johns on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:21PM (#2019911)

I think you overestimate the knowledge an MS dev has outside of their team. Talk to any of them and you'll quickly find out how little they know outside their area. It's a very big company with a lot of silos.

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Re:Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire a Marketer from Microsoft by Locke1689 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:59PM (#2019998)

Most "inside information" is spread by watercooler talk anyway -- which is a lot less common when products are separated by building.

The number one source for insider Microsoft information is Microsoft interns. Why? We're in almost every product division in Microsoft and we have our own inter-departmental social groups. I heard of some serious insider information not just on MS, but on Intel, Nvidia, etc. just from hanging out and drinking with the other interns on weekends.

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Re:Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire a Marketer from Microsoft by alain94040 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @02:15PM (#2020034)

Advice: don't write that kind of comment publicly, you may regret it many years later.

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Re:Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire a Marketer from Microsoft by Locke1689 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @02:49PM (#2020118)

I'm not revealing any of the information, just that word of mouth did spread it. I'm still under NDA.

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