Oh, enough about me - New comment on But Mini, I Want To Talk About....

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "But Mini, I Want To Talk About...":

>Mini can actually write. And strategise. And chew gum!

All at the same time no doubt.

(*stumble* #crash# *oof!*… rubbing head… "Has someone seen my gum?")

The *American* Worker - New comment on Oy, an Extreme Bummer!.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Oy, an Extreme Bummer!":

I'm sure you won't post this mini, but you know it's true and it's a cancer within Microsoft today and it gets worse by the day so you can try to hide it for now, but it's there and growing and it's not going away.

In his quest to eliminate white male American workers from Microsoft under the disguise of "Diversity" Bill Gates has now built a region of the country overrun with Indians who boldly demand accelerated promotions and raises by calling out "Diversity" at all times and blatantly and openly discriminate against white America workers.

With unemployment so high in this country why is Microsoft allowed to continue to ship in more and more Indians, Chinese, and Russian workers? Isn't it time we send back all of the H1-B visa and green card workers? We as Americans can't go abroad to other countries to work as they protect their citizens by not allowing foreigners to take jobs their citizens need. Just try to go to India and get a job or buy a house or a business. Even try going to Europe and get a job - you, as a foreigner cannot. If you don't believe me then check it out for yourself.

We ALL need to boycot Microsoft products and stop letting the U.S. government provide protections and government contracts for Microsoft. If Gates wants Microsoft to be an Indian comoany then he should move it and himself to India and send all of these Indians back home where they belong.

The American Worker

(The party is over - tip of an iceberg?)

Spank! Lusty Level 65s - New comment on Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft":

Reading most of these comments frankly makes me sick to my stomach. Apparently the way to get ahead at Microsoft is to "triangulate", "manage up", "make partner teams win", etc... etc....

There isn't a single post anywhere to the effect that listening closely to customers and delivering what customers are repeatedly asking for (and Microsoft repeatedly fails to deliver) will help you get ahead.

Instead to hell with the customers - make sure to triangulate your 360 feedback with your skip-level manager while creating effective v-teams blah blah blah .... more management double-speak.....

Here's a thought for all the ra-ra Microsoft types. If (when?) your overpaid behinds get laid off when the economic crash finally reverberates through Redmond, what exactly do you think you will be bringing to the table when you and 20 other laid off tech industry folks are all competing for table scraps? I'll give you a hint - in the real world no one gives a damn about your level 65 lust and all the political maneuvering that apparently goes with it.

(looks like a nice dystopian movie just waiting to happen…)

Slap! Teacher's Pet - New comment on Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft":

Levels are meaningless. I can name many level 60 TAMs who exceed all those level 63 criteria but because the whole role is down leveled they can never progress above level 61. We all know many a level 63 where the phrase "how?" comes to mind.

In my experience of many organisations Microsot is the worst BY FAR in promotion being via being teachers pet. There is one skill that gets recognised the most: networking and managing up (aka brown nosing). Closely followed by taking credit for others successes without acknowledging and redefining failure as success.

Where are the genuine open job postings (as opposed to those where we all know who will get the job)? Where are the independent promotion boards for in job up levelings? Where are the genuinely measurable objectives (aka "Commitments" in strange Microsoft New Speak) that actually are measured at the end of the year?

(hold your right palm up, nice and flat…)

Slap! Who needs morals? - New comment on Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft":

>> And I don't want to focus on them anymore
>> in this comment stream because it's not
>> helpful.

I think it is very much helpful. It shows another, easier way to get to higher levels. If one suspends his morals temporarily, one can zip right through 63 and 64 using this framework in just 2-3 years. I've seen it happen. I'm seriously considering doing this myself.

(hold your right palm up, nice and flat…)

Slap! Ass-kissing - New comment on Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Achieving Senior Level 63 at Microsoft":

A guy was converted from contractor to L61 fte 2 years ago. Every year he got a promotion. This year he is Senior dev lead.

Plenty of ass-kissing is his main success factor. I doubt he can make a serious loop for entry level hire.

(hold your right palm up, nice and flat…)