While my friends were busy listening to the Talking Heads, Police, and B-52s, I was busy teaching myself to program on the Atari.
From Steven Sinofsky
The industrial revolution that defined the first half of the 20 century marked the start of modern business, typified by high-volume, large-scale organizations. Mechanization created a culture of business derived from the capabilities and needs of the time.
As much as we think of performance management as numeric and thus perfectly quantifiable, it is as much a product of context and social science as the products we design and develop.
Groups tend to believe their work is harder, more strategic, or just more valuable while underestimating those contributions from other groups.
When you delegate work to the member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives.
It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.
I always feel great. I get to come to work every day and see the build from the night before, and every day we do more stuff.
With the general availability of Windows 8/RT and Surface, I have decided it is time for me to take a step back from my responsibilities at Microsoft.
I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to me, too.
After more than 23 years working on a wide range of Microsoft products, I have decided to leave the company to seek new opportunities that build on these experiences.
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