The Windows Shutdown crapfest
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| So that nets us a conservative estimate of 24 people involved in
| this feature. Also each team of 8 was separated by 6 layers of
| management from the leads, so let's add them in too, giving us
| 24 + (6 * 3) + 1 (the shared manager) 43 total people with a
| voice in this feature.
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| have no idea how much of the rest of Vista ended up like this. I think
| (indeed hope) my team was a pathological case; unfortunately it's a visible
| one.
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http://www.drizzle.com/~lettvin/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html
Oh yeah... and have a look at the right-hand-side menu. He has fled to
Google!
Related:
How many Microsofties does it take to implement the Off menu?
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| Every piece of evidence I've heard from developers inside Microsoft
| supports my theory that the company has become completely tangled up in
| bureaucracy, layers of management, meetings ad infinitum, and
| overstaffing. The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people
| has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/24.html
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