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Re:In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things by bkurtz13 on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @07:00PM (#5871271)
I am at the same point in my career as you. My first job out of college was at HP. I must say that everything you mentioned was the case for me too.

Now I'm at a smaller company, and my quality of life has improved tremendously.

Re:In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things by mlwarren on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @11:28PM (#5872145)
Ex IBMer here. Spent some time there when I was OPs age and my experience was similar. I'm at a mid-size company and it's better but still not perfect! Nothing is, at least all the time, I assume.