1996-10-18 - Re: Microsoft Millionaires and Billionaires

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From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: “Brad Shantz” <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-18 06:47:46 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:47:46 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:47:46 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Brad Shantz" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Millionaires and Billionaires
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On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 07:54:06 -0700 (PDT), Brad Shantz wrote:

>You obviously don't know as many developers at Microsoft as I do.   They 
>treat alot of their developers like farm animals.  I just had an interview 
>at Microsoft last week.  Very few if any of the people I met with were 
>millionaires.

I've heard a lot of people say that the 5+ year Microsquishies are leaving in
droves because 'it's not a fun place to work anymore'.   The pain of success,
I guess.

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