The pure genius of the post and comments at 37signals about Bill Gates next plans are amazingly insightful and carefully analyzed ...

Yeah. NOT! For a good laugh, check it out. There are a couple of reasonable posts, but the overall discussion is so mind-numingly dumb, I decided to link to it tonight out of frustration and a bit of head-slappingly stupid grumbles that I directed at the screen/computer this evening (thinking someone else might want to share in my pain).

As someone who has actually worked at Microsoft (unlike any of the posters from what I could tell) -- Microsoft is CONSTANTLY trimming the fat. In fact, I was on a team that was cut. It wasn't predicted to make enough money (we hadn't even released the product yet to the market!). We were cut, right before the holidays! [SLAP!]. It happens. It doesn't make news.

And no, you aren't just guaranteed a job because you work there. You need to go through the same grueling interview process all over again to switch teams in that situation!

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