Devices and services? Microsoft hiring remains software focused
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said repeatedly that the company is morphing from a software company to a devices and services business.
But a new research report that analyzes the more than 2,000 job openings at the company suggests that software development still reigns supreme.
Griffin Securities scanned the job postings at Microsoft's careers Web site "in order to gauge the areas in which they are looking to add headcount as an indication of their product, functional, market or geographical priorities," Jay Vleeschhouwer, an analyst at the New York firm, noted in his report. Vleeschhouwer … Read more