Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago

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In this video, I sat down with @TechWithTim to talk about what it's like to work as a software engineer at Microsoft. We covered compensation / salary, perks, benefits, tech stack, internal tools, projects, and more.

Check out the video we made on Tim's channel about the reality of software engineering: youtu.be/Ye5JbYV1q-0

Check out Tim's channel: youtube.com/channel/UC4JX40jDee_tINbkjycV4Sg

0:00 | Introduction
0:53 | Compensation, Perks, and Benefits
2:59 | Tech Stack and Internal Tools
4:39 | Fun Fact
5:25 | Projects and Team Matching
8:19 | Visibility Into Hot Projects
9:08 | Company Transparency
11:07 | Technical Interviews
13:36 | Work Velocity
15:07 | Final Thoughts
15:35 | FAANGM?
16:26 | Conclusion

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