I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”: A Decade of Hard-Won Lessons from Microsoft®

Chapter 7. Adventures in Career Development

In this chapter:
December 1, 2001: “When the journey is the destination”
October 1, 2002: “Life isn’t fair—The review curve”
November 1, 2006: “Roles on the career stage”
May 1, 2007: “Get yourself connected”
September 1, 2007: “Get a job—Finding new roles”
December 1, 2007: “Lead, follow, or get out of the way”
July 1, 2008: “Opportunity in a gorilla suit”
March 1, 2010: “I’m deeply committed”
April 1, 2010: “The new guy”
June 1, 2010: “Level up”
September 1, 2010: “Making the big time”
January 1, 2011: “Individual leadership”

Most of the engineers I know and admire are not overly ambitious. They’d be perfectly happy with the simplest of titles and little fanfare so long as they were given a chance ...