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> one bored Microsoft programmer has built a Twitter bot

Hmm, I'm not sure I would want to be labeled, in public, as a "bored Microsoft programmer." His manager is wondering "Did he write this on Microsoft time?" "What else is he doing to alleviate his boredom?" "I give him plenty of work to do so why is he bored?"

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Problem is, this was developed 5 years ago, well before the developer joined Microsoft. I understand where you're coming from, but the article is misleading.

I don't think Microsoft has the best work culture in the world, but this is just a cartoonishly evil caricature. The phrase doesn't imply that he was bored while on the job, and it's downright neo-Dickensian to imagine a manager thinking that an employee being bored in his off hours must need more work.

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