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0 pointsdiggan11mo ago0 comments

> Depends on team but seems management is pushing it

The graphic "Internal structure of tech companies" comes to mind, given if true, would explain why the process/workflow is so different between the teams at Microsoft: https://i.imgur.com/WQiuIIB.png

Imagine the Copilot team has a KPI about usage, matching the company OKRs or whatever about making sure the world is using Microsoft's AI enough, so they have a mandate/leverage to get the other teams to use it regardless of if it's helping or not.

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linza11mo ago

Well, what you describe is not terrible way to run things. Eat your own dogfood. To get better at it you need to start doing it.

sgarland11mo ago

Sure, but if the product in question is at best tangential to your core products, it sucks, and makes your work flow slow to a crawl, I don’t blame employees for not wanting to use it.

For example, if tomorrow my company announced that everyone was being switched to Windows, I would simply quit. I don’t care that WSL exists, overall it would be detrimental to my workday, and I have other options.

linza11mo ago

True. i didn't mean "not terrible for employees" i meant "not terrible for company goals". Yes, these are intertwined, but assuming not everyone quits over introducing AI workflows it could make Microsoft a leader in that space.

Personally i would also not particularly like it.

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linza11mo ago

Well, what you describe is not terrible way to run things. Eat your own dogfood. To get better at it you need to start doing it.

sgarland11mo ago

Sure, but if the product in question is at best tangential to your core products, it sucks, and makes your work flow slow to a crawl, I don’t blame employees for not wanting to use it.

linza11mo ago

Personally i would also not particularly like it.

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