<p>Hey, based on Microsoft profits, I would argue that Microsoft engineers are not paid anywhere near to satisfactory. After all, Microsoft is one of the most obscenely profitable firms in the world. </p>
<p>Yet biglaw associates are apparently able to claim a bigger share of their pie than Microsoft engineers can. Good for them, but that still raises the question - what’s their secret? What do they know that Microsoft engineers (and engineers at Intel, Cisco, IBM, etc.) apparently don’t know?</p>