It used to be Microsoft would hire the best and brightest people straight out of university. Most of those people went in thinking they were going to fix the problems. Usually management would grind them down and they’d give up and go work elsewhere. But they did have some talented people and occasionally those people would be able to make improvements.
Microsoft always sucked, but occasionally they could put out something good. There was a lot of inertia and a lot of half steps backwards for every step forward kind of thing going on. Mostly treading water, occasionally improving.
But now they’ve gotten rid of a lot of people so they can throw more money into the AI money pit. Microsoft is in a constant decline now. The people that worked there that would fight the good fight to improve things (and every now and then win a fight) probably aren’t there any more.
It used to be Microsoft would hire the best and brightest people straight out of university. Most of those people went in thinking they were going to fix the problems. Usually management would grind them down and they’d give up and go work elsewhere. But they did have some talented people and occasionally those people would be able to make improvements.
Microsoft always sucked, but occasionally they could put out something good. There was a lot of inertia and a lot of half steps backwards for every step forward kind of thing going on. Mostly treading water, occasionally improving.
But now they’ve gotten rid of a lot of people so they can throw more money into the AI money pit. Microsoft is in a constant decline now. The people that worked there that would fight the good fight to improve things (and every now and then win a fight) probably aren’t there any more.