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TLDR Version: Its really not bad. You'll make pretty good money, in what is otherwise a 9-5 job in a large company. You won't get to use as many toys, and you'll sometimes be told to leave your own toys at home. The job will also involve dealing with people and politics.

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Plus, there are a lot of restrictions that will annoy you (like not being able to ride to work, leaving you phone at home, possibly no internet access), and you may be forced to use Microsoft for everything, not the best tool for the job.

There is not much worse in my book, at a Microsoft shop where they refuse to consider anything else.

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