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Recommended for only Microsoft employees.
Another reviewer says this is "Recommended for only Microsoft employees" but I disagree. This book isn't even for all Microsoft employees, for it leaves out a very large percentage us - the contractors. In fact, I wouldn't have read this book at all if my boss, who is a full-time employee and not a vendor contractor, hadn't picked up a number of these (the Employee Edition was given away on the Microsoft campus for free - but not to contractors) and dispersed them about the team so that everyone...
Ranging somewhere around 3.5 stars, this book is Satya Nadella's manifesto. His worldview on how technology is going to shape up the world in coming times. The beginning parts present stories from his life - school, Microsoft, transitions etc. The end parts however contain more of his manifesto, about how technology and society should interact etc which makes this difficult to read at times. Still not a bad read from one of the new CEOs of a tech giant. 1 time read for sure. Also, follow the sou...
Mr. Satya Nadella begins the afterword of the book with some serious questions of existential nature. He uses questions like, why am I here, why Microsoft exists and so on, to explain his points. Wish he had asked a similar question about the purpose of this book, clarifying himself before even penning the foreword, for this book is a potpourri of thoughts and ideas, all lying disorganised across the pages.What is one allowed to expect from a book written by the CEO of a tech giant like Microsof...
Really loved the first half of this book. Overall information was really good but it got a little too technical and regulation based in the back half.
I've got this book from a FRIEND and spent an etnire weekend on reading it. It is definitely the book you want to read if you are serious about progarmming and computers. I will rceommend it to a few friend programmers.
Satya Nadella is the third CEO at Microsoft, following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. “Hit Refresh” is his story and journey, one that is in the middle of still being told. It covers his physical journey included growing up in India, college in Wisconsin, early jobs in Silicon Valley, and finally his long-term career at Microsoft, from engineer to leader to CEO.It covers his philosophical journey of discovery through personal pain and family challenges that truly understanding diversity and inclu...
4.5 starsThis book is a partial memoir of Satya. In the first part of the book, he described his time in Microsoft and how he ended up as CEO. In the second part, he explains the increasing privacy concerns after Snowden whistle blowing, the benefits (outweighing these privacy concerns) to be gained by increasing reliance on technology, his suggestions/advices to world leaders to promote local entities for technological development, etc, etc.To be honest, the recent privacy concerns made me decr...
This had been my breakfast companion for a month. Loved to start the day with some positivity and insights on Microsoft's mental shift.Satya sounds true to his name and has candidly expressed his opinions, strategies, beliefs and changes that he wanted to manouvre in Microsoft. Writing in hindsight is always easier, but here he has taken up the challenge to write in present-tense.... in spite of being well aware of how much of the stuff could backfire.One unique thing that captured my fancy was
For the first time in 2016 Microsoft offered a free upgrade to Windows 10. That was surprising to me as I had never seen Microsoft offer anything for free. But at that time I didn't pay much attention to the fact and happily upgraded to Windows 10 and encouraged others to do so as well. I checked out the new Internet Explorer and Bing for a month before I decided to switch back to Google Chrome and Google search. I now realize that unwittingly, I was a part of the Microsoft's new campaign and I
I believe that a little bit of PR in a book is good, but 100% PR makes me sad.TL;DR if you want to make something good, just give all your money to Microsoft, because they are the best.
This is a story about how Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft sought to change Microsoft’s culture and rediscover it’s soul. It makes for interesting reading, especially with his emphasis on empathy being the bedrock of his thinking – trying to move public perception of Microsoft being a big uncaring giant falling behind competitors like Apple, to a more forward-looking organisation which invests in research, it’s people and it’s culture. The culture change which Satya talks about does come across a...
In the first half, I despaired of any value in this book, though I did enjoy hearing about Mr. Nadella's youth in India, his family, and his love of cricket, which would endear him to anyone from the Commonwealth, including me. Like all companies that have owned a powerful franchise (DOS/Windows and Office) Microsoft had lagged in innovation, and come too late to the Web and mobile, and almost too late for the Cloud. This is central to the very nature of technology business, and not a failure of...
A VERY long memo to Microsoft employees - I didn't get the sense that the book's purpose was anything more than explaining to the employees why Satya was a great CEO choice, how he is on top of knowing what will take Microsoft to the next level and how some of the initiatives he has taken since joining are all "first of its kind"/ "never heard of"/ "ones he has a knack for".I also didn't like the tone of superiority and 'look I have growth mindset, but I will still go ahead and proclaim this wil...
This read was entirely for work; I nevertheless decided to write a review for those thinking about picking up the book. To me this book was the written form of an inspirational speech by Satya Nadella, the current CEO of Microsoft, who succeeded Steve Ballmer in 2014.The book consisted three parts. Nadella first gave a brief description of his background: growing up in India, obsessed in cricket, studied EE in college and moved to the U.S. to obtain masters in CS, joined Microsoft shortly after
Why does Microsoft exist? And why do I exist in this new role? That was the questions Nadella asked of himself when he was offered and appointed as the CEO of Microsoft - only the third CEO in its 40-year history. Why am I writing this book is another question that I think Nadella should have asked himself.Hit Refresh is according to Nadella, not a biography, nor is it a book solely about himself. It's not really a book about technology although that does feature a lot. Nor is it a book about th...
I'm a Microsoft employee, but this opinion is my own. This book describes three topics, at a high level: - Satya Nadella's career and personal life: from a student in India to becoming the CEO of Microsoft, and everything in between, including his personal challenges- Microsoft's transformation under Satya's tenure- Industry trends, policies, regulations and how tech companies should enable people to become more productiveSatya's story is encouraging. This is the true story of someone who is tal...
Full review on: FLIPPING THROUGH THE PAGESThis book is not for everyone. It is for those who understand technology a bit and are interested in knowing the inner workings of an organization like Microsoft. Not just about Microsoft, you need to learn what a person Satya Nadella is how is reached from a small place in India to where he is today.Now let’s move to the probable reasons as to why you should read it.1. To know Satya Nadella’s journey from India to MicrosoftSatya Nadella’s journey is enc...