Hey folks, I've been a consultant at two agencies for Microsoft for several years and now am in year 2 at Amazon. I think I want to make the jump to Microsoft as an FTE, but in the past I've had difficulty even getting my foot in the door.

Any advice?

Thansk in advance

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You don’t really need advise. Nor is there any valid advise to give. You have plenty of experience working for Microsoft already. You currently work at Amazon. It’s just the matter of your specific skills aligning with what they are looking for and sheer random luck. That was the case for me. As straightforward as getting any other job would be. No referrals nor am I some specially gifted individual. I would call myself pretty average skills wise. It’s just about things aligning at the right time which is not within anyones control.

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