Depends a lot on your looks and social skills. Where you work is generally not a big part of how people perceive you. 🍆
You're rich and spoiled
There is a bit of dislike of MS in the valley.
A bit...
Excel alone redeems MSFT’s reason to exist.
And Paint. If you just want to crop an image or resize it, which is all I want to do 99.999% of the time, it's still the most convenient. I love Paint! I can get the job done in less time than it takes the gimp to load.
Irfanview trumps paint by a whisker. But yes I do miss Paint a lot.
I worked at Microsoft for over a decade, right in the heart of Microsoft-hating Silicon Valley. Personally I've seen people's eyes get wide, reactions indicating the person is impressed. I think Microsoft was thought of as equalling *money* for many years despite the fact that people who joined post-2000 were not wealthy from MSFT stock, and in fact the stock stagnated at $30/share for a decade. I think that less-technical people view Microsoft as the king of the hill with products they use every day - Windows and Office. That perception is still around despite the realities of Android and Google Docs being what they are. I did know a guy who hesitated to tell a prospective landlord that he worked at Microsoft for fear of the ANTI-MS backlash. I don't see it personally. I also think it depends on generation. Years ago, my school age kid mentioned Microsoft to a friend and that kid had no idea what it was. Despite the fact that both loved their Xbox 360s. Nobody is in a hurry to slap a "Microsoft" logo on a ubiquitous product such as Minecraft. Why? Because among the youngest consumers Microsoft is (if they've heard of it) just another massive, uncool corporation from their parents' generation.
Facebook is dead with my teenaged sons.
Microsoft is boring and retirement option for me.
My next job is retirement
Dream company
Tech person here. I believe Microsoft is one of the most innovative companies in the world.
Lol
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