My First Week at the Evil Empire

It's official. I've gone to the devil's side. I have joined the evil empire. I'm a member of their cult now. I am a Microsoft person.

After over a month of legal and immigration work, I finally started my new job at MS on Monday. First was one and a half days of orientation. Let the brainwashing begin! Maybe I'm just a little resistant to Microsoft, but the name was just everywhere! On the podium, in the slides, on the shuttles. The orientation is basically one giant session to glorify Microsoft. How employees love it here; how the company has evolved to cater more to employees. There's employee testimonials shown, statistics about human resources trends drawn, facts about Microsoft which rank it as a top company to work for displayed. I've never seen a company work so hard to make you like them.

Maybe they know they have a rather poor reputation within the geek world. Maybe they want new employees to be pumped and excited about their new jobs. Or maybe they just really really really believe in Microsoft. It's probably a mix of all three maybes. Some people here are really true champions of Microsoft. They believe in the company and they sell it. Scary, isn't it? I really hope I don't get brainwashed to that degree.

For now, I just want a job from which I can learn and grow. I haven't thought too much about my future career paths yet. We'll take it one day at a time.