I remember reading this when it was first posted and sensing that there was some disconnect between the author and Microsoft.
The reframing of the hiring as not part of a wider career at Microsoft seems exactly as it sounds - "ok, you don't have to do the stuff we've suggested ... But we still want AppGet".
And then this:
> We talked about some of our options, but in general, I thought everything went well.
It's quite clear that it didn't go that well, isn't it?
I'm not defending Microsoft here or suggesting that this was the exact outcome the author was seeking, but I sense a bit of naivety in interpreting what Microsoft were driving towards.
Ultimately they clearly decided the effort of a grounds up redesign / rewrite was more valuable than bring him along for the ride.
The reframing of the hiring as not part of a wider career at Microsoft seems exactly as it sounds - "ok, you don't have to do the stuff we've suggested ... But we still want AppGet".
And then this:
> We talked about some of our options, but in general, I thought everything went well.
It's quite clear that it didn't go that well, isn't it?
I'm not defending Microsoft here or suggesting that this was the exact outcome the author was seeking, but I sense a bit of naivety in interpreting what Microsoft were driving towards.
Ultimately they clearly decided the effort of a grounds up redesign / rewrite was more valuable than bring him along for the ride.