Saturday, January 4, 2020

Quora: Why are Google software engineers considered better than Microsoft?

Jan. 4, 2020

Introduction


It is interesting to read the answer, and I like to write down some notes and then I like to think about how to learn the difference.

Quora question and answer


Here is the question.

Hiring standard
 Once you’re in Google, everyone knows you passed the same hiring bar. At Microsoft, hiring is chaotic, disorganized, and random. Every team has its own hiring practices; there are no company-wide guidelines of any significance. 

Internal transfer
Internal transfers are extremely hard at Microsoft, so when my team got disbanded and I was asked to find another team to transfer to, I left the company. And to answer the original question, I assume that due to this lots of people like me decide to leave Microsoft when things change… it’s too hard to re-interview over and over with internal teams just to maintain employment. Those of us who are able to join higher-paying companies were likely to leave.

The yearly stock “refresher” amounts

Salary
L4 - Google between $200-$300K annual in total compensation
Level 61-62 engineer at Microsoft < $200K annually
Senior < $300K annually






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