Getting Hired as a Writer at Microsoft
It seems that there are not a lot of writers with programming experience who are looking for a position in a big company. But there are jobs available--a search on the Microsoft career site for the job title "programming writer" returns 24 results as of August 15, 2006. My team has been looking to hire a programmer/writer for a number of months. To give you an idea of what the position (and interview process) calls for, I intervewed my manager Christa Carpentiere to find out what she's looking for in a writer.
I also talk a bit about the desirability of working for a corporation versus being self-employed, but only from the perspective of what I've read--I've always had company jobs. Do any of you readers have personal experience you could share about this?
This podcast is 8.5 MB in size, and is 12 minutes, 6 seconds long.
https://media.libsyn.com/media/harrymiller/HMB2006-08-11_Hiring.mp3