Comment by FT_intern
9 years ago
It's because they're bleeding engineers like crazy. Anyone with offers from Google, FB and MSFT would choose Google or FB 99/100 times
9 years ago
It's because they're bleeding engineers like crazy. Anyone with offers from Google, FB and MSFT would choose Google or FB 99/100 times
That's because Microsoft doesn't pay well and the benefits aren't as nice as goog or FB.
"doesn't pay well" - source? Remember to factor in insane California cost of living and taxes
MSFT has worse compensation progression and FB/Google Seattle locations pay more than MSFT. MSFT also doesn't have free lunch (as privileged as this sounds)
Seattle's cost of living is not exactly low either.
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I also believe that this is one of the reasons. Open source is "cool" and motivating to work for.