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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by re-thc on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @09:55AM (#41434973)
> Didn't Steve Ballmer start off at MSFT essentially in a biz ops role

Yes, business manager.

> Interesting how he became technical as the company grew.

That's not clear from this. This shows he knew some concepts as part of managing different teams in the company.

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by hi-v-rocknroll on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:14PM (#41436393)
Ballmer was good at riding coat-tails of others as a supporting figure but eventually started running MSFT into the ground. He demanded to personally evaluate every M&A activity >$10M. No bueno.
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