Of course someone who is gaining financially from MS is going to take this position.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
I do consulting and bill upwards of 300/hr worked in the DC area, with several decades of experience and a network built up along the way.
I took this position thirty years ago too, my mind hasn’t changed except that young people feel like they’re clever or somehow intellectually valid for copy pasting a quote into a web forum.
But at the same you elaborate in great (and unnecessary) detail about the level of success you have attained.
BTW: I am hardly young. I am nearly ancient.
Making a personal remark about me is plenty of reason for me to mention my success, since they implied that my perspective is somehow fueled entirely by some stock that I own. I have actual experience working alongside some MS people, and I have held that stock since 2013. So what? My opinion just goes out the window? That doesn't make much sense to me, I don't know about you...
The reason I associate that with youth is that young people often don't have a healthy portfolio or indeed any financial hygiene to speak of and seem to think that business is a zero sum game. We all benefit from the business world pushing things forward if we're holding stock in the most powerful companies. I'm hardly a supporter of the capitalist system, but I'll be damned if it's not going to work in my favor, since I understand how things are. My responsibility is to my family first. Had there been a revolution when I was younger, I'd have been among the first in line to change things, but it didn't happen.
I think I'm wasting my time in this thread, though.