>>>I've heard that you can make good money working WITH M$, but nobody got really well of working FOR them. They'd be a nice notch on the belt - I only went as far as phone interview, and still count that among my bragging rights, but actually didn't exactly feel like working for a company I love to hate.
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>>I think the revolution in media distribution that's about to happen means working in a technology company will be the most exciting job in the world.
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>Define exciting.


Remember when DVR first came out?

Microsoft came up with Ultimate TV or something like that. It could have been a huge deal.

But TiVo came out with one of the highest quality tech products ever made, in my opinion. Microsoft couldn't execute the idea, but a newly born company could.

As a result, if it weren't for Xbox, TiVo would have a better infrastructure in place than Microsoft for what's coming.

That was exciting, and the outcome of the battle over the DVR device had a big effect on the war.

Bigger battles are close at hand.

So, by exciting, I mean having the opportunity to apply free thought to innovative product designs in a competitive market at an influential time in the development of technology that out society is likely to use for a long time to come.