* Posts by Sugoi

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Microsoftie's tell-all on 'rival-flinging' Ballmer: The politics of disbelief

Sugoi
Windows

Very true to culture

I got involved in the Microsoft corporate business ecosystem in the early 2000's timeframe. I don't know whether Beluzzo and Ray Ozzie are direct casualties of the executive culture. But I know with full certainty that the cultural trend in the last decade has mushroomed and is now in a state where even PMs don't speak up for fear of saying the wrong thing and risking their career paths. Innovation has ground to a nearly complete halt because no one is willing to compromise their review score (and promotion, raise, and bonus...see also the Vanity Fair article) because they volunteered an idea management didn't like. That's really how it is culturally.