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		jiggy2011 on June 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice for ambitious 19 year olds You aren't cast into one thing for life unless you choose to be. I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience. Out of people I know working for startup type companies, one cut his teeth building enterprise Java stuff at a bank and the other spent time in the military.

enraged_camel on June 24, 2013 [–]

>>I'm sure startups would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft experience.

More importantly, a lot of them would be happy to hire someone with Microsoft connections.

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