Here’s my initial experience with the Microsoft career site.
You log in with your Hotmail/MSN Messenger/Passport/LIVE!/Rumplestiltskin/whatever-they’re-calling-it-this-week account. (FYI MS Marketing: STOP TRYING TO BRAND. You obviously have no idea how it’s done. You can never create a coherent and powerful brand identity, if you keep changing the name of every product you have. Stop. For the love of whatever god you’re delusional about, just stop.) Logging in with that account is a bit weird, but then it gets really weird.
They want your email address, which is fine, and a bit ironic given that they want you to use a hotmail account to log in, meaning that Microsoft already has an email address for you, but whatever. Right underneath the email blank is the following:
I would like to hear from Microsoft about products, services, and events, including the latest solutions, tips, and exclusive offers. YES / NO
I would like to hear from Microsoft Partners, or Microsoft on their behalf, about their products, services, and events. Share or use my details with Microsoft Partners. YES / NO
What the hell is this? You’ve offered me a job, and now you want to spam me? Fuck you Billy G. Fuck you to hell. Paul Graham was right.
