As a Microsoft Observer, Mini-Microsoft is The Max. The last three Mini posts were outstanding. Or maybe I just happened to get a good night's sleep for a change last night and more bits are crossing home plate today.
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Post-Break - Dividend, The Bench, Brummel, and Scoble, I wanted to pull-out what Mini said about Scoble that I thought was worth sharing.
Mr. Scoble: Robert Scoble is alright in my book. I'm grateful for every mention, as I am with Dare, Mr. Barr, and the rare occasional Don Box (excuse my inner-dev swooning). Folks in Ireland read Mini? Hello! Anyway, Scoble is a self-mounted lightning rod who takes a lot of incoming flak and crap and I think, mostly, except for those pre-coffee mornings, excels at dealing with that level of self-inflicted attention very well. I've taken lessons from him and other high-profile bloggers. I see Scoble as one of those Tom Peter-fused change agents, where the change is amoral. Good? Bad? No, just change. I'm glad he's working for Microsoft.Comment Report - MarkL nee of Microsoft now of Google drops by was a very interesting read about the energy at Google and working till 4am, comparing that experience with his 16 years at Microsoft. Interesting what he had to say about Javascript being the primary language at GOOG. (No thanks, pal.) Good comments starting to come online, including this one:
Classic. Does MarkL have a family? You can get off working like that when you're in your 20's, not getting laid on a regular basis, and wanting nothing more than to be coding. We've all done that. But at some point, life gets to you and you have kids, and other things going on. Is it worth not seeing your kids so some geek out there can have 1GB of free email? Not in my world.
Comment Repost - A New Hope, Part II was actually a comment posted to Mini's earlier post. Here's just one of several excerpts worth reading.
And what do we see? Alot of people leaving. With stock flat, average salaries and bad management, great people are leaving. The interesting thing is that they're not abandoning the platform; they're not abandoning the vision, they're abandoning the company. They're taking jobs at ISVs and in Enterprises that map to what their current roles are/were. Think about it. This is an exciting time for us - new products, the ability to solve major business problems, we're ushering in the next era of computing. And these people have left. How fucked up is that? Technorati Tags: Microsoft