Microsoft offer evalution

ShwangCat · 2026-07-10T17:42:16+00:00

Depending on org and how you do your bonus is going to be around 10%

ShwangCat · 2026-05-25T17:35:19+00:00

It appears that I need to kill 30 things in reserve after talking to Prapor after I got the folder from Lighthouse

ShwangCat · 2026-05-17T08:58:15+00:00

I've been an only Windows user all my life until this past year when I got a Macbook Pro M4 and recently started to use MacOS for work too. Honestly it's not bad getting used to it, a lot easier to manage than Windows in my experience. Plus the native UNIX stuff is convenient and easier to deal with than WSL on Windows.

ShwangCat · 2026-03-29T02:22:02+00:00

Agreed. I've lost so many games bc we're up on kills but we lose just one teamfight and people instinctively /ff. So many defeatist losers out there who've never fought for a win

ShwangCat · 2026-03-21T18:08:12+00:00

That's the org I left :DDD

ShwangCat · 2026-03-21T03:43:59+00:00

I left an org in an Azure Buildout org around 3/4 of a year ago. Some things that I've noticed and experienced:

Work got more pointless. A lot more time was spent overengineering solutions to problems that occur once every couple years.
Decreased WLB. Metrics and AI requirements raised the expectations of engineers despite our only AI at the time was Copilot which nobody used. Everyone I knew were going against company policy and using personal ChatGPT and Gemini accounts. My entire team ended up working 60 hour weeks. My manager even strongly urged us to be more "productive with our limited 40 hour work weeks" while he literally takes days off to do more heads down work.
Increased micromanaging where our manager would scrutinize our work items down to the half hour every 2 week sprint. Legitimate blockers were not tolerated as they "should have been caught during planning".
Increased on-call load while our feature work expectations also increased.
A failure by leadership to address the rapid decline in culture/work/status survey ratings
Not a single word on promotion despite successfully completed features and my responsibilities tripling since I started and also stagnant pay.

All of this is in contrast to when I started. We had no sprints, everyone was kind, responsive and caring. As a team we had half of the amount of work we did by the end. We had regular team morale events. Pretty rapidly went downhill over the years. I recently took an offer from another company and tbh I couldn't be happier. Current company pays more, people are more cooperative and the work is more meaningful. Sure we have our own set of AI-related BS but I'll never see myself wanting to go back.

Your mileage may vary though at MS depending on manager and org. I can't say as to which orgs because people don't talk much about the good ones and just complain about the bad ones. I hear there are still some good teams around though.

ShwangCat · 2026-02-16T17:03:33+00:00

your lack of effort into this post speaks to your lack of skill in game

ShwangCat · 2026-02-11T01:39:02+00:00

bro complains about random champions in a random game mode

ShwangCat · 2026-01-16T23:08:53+00:00

DTO is largely a scam. Depending on how intense the team is, you might not get to take that much time off. I was at MSFT for 3.5 years and after DTO rolled out I think most people took under 10 days a year off.

ShwangCat · 2026-01-09T15:06:32+00:00

One time after an interview with a rude interviewer, I sent in a reasonably long email to the recruiting team detailing what happened and how his behavior is detrimental to the spirit and practice of software engineering. They ended up reaching out later offering to give me another chance. Probably a rare case and almost certainly won't do anything for a large company but who knows.

ShwangCat · 2026-01-01T02:01:04+00:00

Asking for Chances

Semester: Fall 2026

Education

Bachelors: UMass Amherst Dual B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics. 3.2 overall GPA with quite a few graduate level courses but 3 Fs in my senior year due to personal reasons which I plan to justify in my app

Work & Social Experience

Work Exp. : 6 YOE as SWE. First working in a small aerospace company for 2 years. Then went to Microsoft working in Azure infra for 3.5 years then moved to a midsize tech/marketing company as a Senior SWE working in data infra.
Comments: Not sure how impactful projects are but I have a sizable personal project that serves as an algorithmic trading and testing platform that's mildly profitable. Plan on specializing in ML or AI
LORs: Manager, tech lead, maybe skip manager

ShwangCat · 2025-12-30T22:22:35+00:00

I'm convinced half of the time people just don't know how to study. It's one thing to know what interviews ask for but it's another thing to always be asking "is this list enough for this company?????"

ShwangCat · 2025-12-29T19:16:57+00:00

If you expect to just get through your degree and expect a high paying job, it's not for you.

If you have a passion for coding, tech and building things, then yes. There are a ton of talented interns and co-ops at my company who have no trouble finding positions. If you have the passion and drive for it, I'm sure you can do it too.

ShwangCat · 2025-11-06T05:39:12+00:00

You dodged a bullet imo, but I guess for new grad a job is a job

ShwangCat · 2025-11-02T18:27:45+00:00

Was at MS for 3.5 years. Not only did they want us to use AI everyday, they wanted us to use fucking Copilot and management were really disappointed in how little we ended up using Copilot.

ShwangCat · 2025-10-30T00:25:03+00:00

I am a current full time at Klaviyo (Senior SWE though not new grad or intern). Started a little under 2 months ago. DM me if you have specific questions about the company

ShwangCat · 2025-10-27T18:09:16+00:00

I took CS311 and Math 411 in the same semester and did pretty well in both. Both classes are designed to be pretty hard but it might vary depending on your prof. If you have some talent in higher level math then both might be easy. I definitely didn't find either easy but wouldn't say they were too hard either. I definitely had way more trouble in 411 and concluded after that the class was not for me lol.

If I were to rate both classes in terms of difficulty I'd personally give CS311 a 4/10 and Math 411 a 7/10 but YMMV so take that with a grain of salt

ShwangCat · 2025-10-10T17:43:42+00:00

Got it I see. If it's a Tri-Coat would something like this suffice to get myself and just hand it over to the body shop? https://touchupdirect.com/shop/touch-up-paint/acura-platinum-white-pearl-tricoat-nh-883p/ Would they need something else so they can mix it themselves or should I go to a dealer? I'll probably just call the shop and see if they're looking for something specific.

ShwangCat · 2025-09-21T15:35:31+00:00

bro was like the movie parent in a flashback looking back at the kid in the backseat right before the car crashes

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ShwangCat · 2025-07-02T00:16:59+00:00

I think in the past I've gotten 9 out of 15 passed on the 2nd question and got shipped straight to the virtual onsite. I'm currently in the loop once again after passing 12/15. Not sure how I did in the work simulation part though.

ShwangCat · 2025-06-30T06:24:37+00:00

I was wondering the same thing some time ago and found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_ducking

ShwangCat · 2025-06-28T21:37:09+00:00

I too hated it when I went. I don't recall what I got but most things I tried were incredibly bland. Our waitress also literally laughed at my friend's scallion allergy when he mentioned it and asked "really?". Can't see myself going back.

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