Once in a while, you need to adjust your career trajectory to ensure that you're on a happy path.
I decided to do this a few weeks ago, culminating in a move from Product Marketing back to Software Development :)
I've also moved to my own blog at:
Well, here's the news that many of you have been waiting for! Well, all I can say is that it's about time!
Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - Blue Badge
People often think of, and complain about, Microsoft being a big company. Actually, Microsoft isn't really a big company at all. It's a collection of businesses, each with their own culture, goals, beliefs (and issues). The thing about Microsoft is the vast expansiveness of Microsoft: If you're interested in any sphere of business, technology, law, accounting, sales, marketing, customer services, manufacturing, etc., then there's likely to be a job you'll love at Microsoft! Yes, even if you hate Microsoft, I'm willing to bet that you'd be able to find a role within the company that would make you drool.
Let's face it, Microsoft is, like any other organization, not without its faults. But there's one thing that each and every business within Microsoft share: unabated passion to solve big gnarly problems for our customers. THIS is primarily why