On Monday, Fil made a note on Facebook listing the ~10 people he knew who had left MS this year. After a couple days and a few additions from friends, it was up to 16.
Earlier today I stumbled upon Rory's announcement.
Then I discovered Danny's post.
Wow.
Maybe it's just that time of year.
Maybe it's that departures are more visible these days.
To use Microsoft's favorite overloaded statement: interesting.
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It seems to be a process - not sure if I'd think of it as a trend or a fashion or anything else that hints at a coming growth or decline in activity.
However, I've received many comments and emails from people both inside and out MS, and it looks like there's a good amount of discontent out there.
It's hard to judge, though - I left for my own reasons. Many personal, some directly related to MS. On the MS side, the place just wasn't what I expected. You visit, and people act bubbly and excited about what they're doing. But, having been one of the people acting bubbly and excited, I gather that most of us went back to Plugging Away mode when said visitor left.
Maybe it was just nice to have company :|
What I find most interesting is that, as the company rapidly grows, there's this steady trickle of people leaving. It's a little like watching your neighborhood change all around you. Eventually it doesn't feel like home anymore.
One of my friends out there - one of my favorite people at MS *period* - posted about this trickle recently: http://blog.shawnlmorrissey.com/?p=393
He doesn't dig too far into it, but he's been around. If he's sensing something, then there's probably something there.
Or something that's leaving, as the case may be.
Yep.
Don't know what's next...
Please don't turn this into an anti-Microsoft blog just because you don't work there anymore.
Stop whining and get on with your life.
I have worked many places, not all of them were nice. But I don't bash them on my blog, thats just too low for my style.
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