Indian‑origin Microsoft engineer Ritvika Nagula’s account of earning four promotions in five years has become a practical primer for career acceleration inside big tech: explicit goals, frequent manager check‑ins, mapping to internal role rubrics, and volunteering for end‑to‑end projects — a...
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Driving transformative AI initiatives at scale demands more than a burst of innovation; it requires a calculated blend of structure, vision, and responsibility. Few organizations exemplify this balance better than Microsoft, whose experience in adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot and various other AI...
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Data security: just the phrase can send a chill down the spines of IT professionals everywhere. In a world where organizations are battered by an average of 156 data security incidents every year—that’s nearly one every two and a half days, for those counting—Microsoft’s perspective on shoring...
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