```json
{
    "title": "Mini-Microsoft: Crap Filling the Pipeline",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/05/20/mini-microsoft-crap-filling-the-pipeline/",
    "datePublished": "2005-05-20",
    "dateModified": "2005-05-20",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "In his usual eloquent way, Mini-Microsoft sums up the hiring of new dev folks at Microsoft: # High quality people don't want to work for Microsoft. # Low quality people…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Mini-Microsoft: Crap Filling the Pipeline

> # High quality people don't want to work for Microsoft.
> # Low quality people are swelling our interview loops to the degree I'm really worried some of them are slopping up on deck and joining the crew.
> # The good quality people we do give offers to get hired elsewhere for much better pay (just pay, not benefits - I don't think anyone on this green earth can do much better than Microsoft's benefits).
> # Some colleges produce graduates who don't know what a pointer is let alone how to use one.
> # H1B visas aren't going to be unfettered anytime soon.