News - Microsoft to create 4,000 UK jobs...

[HEXUS]

...but server boss Bob Muglia is shown the door.

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[toolsong]

I guess someone was unhappy with Muglia about having to clean up the Silverlight strategy mess after his statements at PDC in October!

[finlay666]

in a statement posted to the 10 downing street website, the government has announced that microsoft will be creating an additional 4,000 jobs in the uk in 2010

2011?

[TheAnimus]

well they didn't need special unique tax cuts did they? EA you listening?

[rabbid]

maybe its a trade off?
one exec + bonuses = 4000 entry level techs?

[raceway99]

in a statement posted to the 10 downing street website, the government has announced that microsoft will be creating an additional 4,000 jobs in the uk in 2010

they invented a time machine aswell?

[pauldarkside]

well they didn't need special unique tax cuts did they? EA you listening?

Don't you mean Activision?

[Acute]

Does this mean Job Centre Plus will actually suggest a job to me where I can use my Computer Science degree rather then a forklift?

I really need a job... C# programmer mainly if anyone has suggestions as to if this would help actually getting a job.

[Spud1]

Good news..but I wonder how many of these will be actual development jobs. Most of the interesting dev work at MS still only goes on in the USA

@Acute - depends where you live, but if near any big city then start trawling the job sites and posting your CV with agencies, there are LOADS of C# .net developer jobs out there, especially if you know ASP.NET.

[crossy]

well they didn't need special unique tax cuts did they? EA you listening?

Nah, that's because MS probably get enough public money - remember all those many, many thousands of Windows and Office licenses. (And it was Activision, not EA).

maybe its a trade off? one exec + bonuses = 4000 entry level techs?

Aye, that'll be right. And I bet they've got money to spare now ... I don't think the 4,000 MS jobs will be that useful for the tech community - figuring that the majority will be Sales-related not technical/dev-type stuff, or based inside the M25 ghetto. I'm also deeply suspicious that this announcement has come from Cameron's office, rather than from MS directly - are there some deals being done on the quiet?

Does this mean Job Centre Plus will actually suggest a job to me where I can use my Computer Science degree rather then a forklift?
I really need a job... C# programmer mainly if anyone has suggestions as to if this would help actually getting a job.

TheITJobBoard (.co.uk) claims to have 1,390 C# related jobs at the moment (I just checked). Okay, maybe most of them are bogus, but surely there's one there to suit. Heck, you've got a lot more chance than I would have (skillset: Linux and IBM AIX, no degree and in Scotland). I just had a quick look at hp.co.uk and they're also showing a couple of vacancies - so there's definitely stuff out there. Maybe JC+ is being lazy...?

Anyway, I wish you good luck with your job hunting. Fingers crossed