Mike,
>>One of the benefits of working for MSFT is free soda and subsidized food.
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>Not anymore. We still get the free sodas, but the food subsidies are gone. Still, I can usually eat lunch for under US$5.
No kidding.. Must have been recent.
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>>The benefit to MSFT is 1) less traffic, 2) more collaberation between various groups, 3) less time away from developing, and so forth. Brilliant IMO.
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>Also consider that breakfast, dinner and supper are available. If I weren't married, I'd have no reason to ever leave. :-)
Not that MSFT would mind. <g> What is the saying? "You can work any 100 hours a week as you like." <g>
Best,
DD
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