Yes. That point in time was long before AI. Remember Longhorn/Vista? Windows ME? Etc, etc…
They fired all of their SDET, eliminated the SDET role/discipline, and made SDEs responsible for quality and shipping their features, a major conflict of interest.
This happened ~2014/2015.
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-microsoft-doe...
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They fired all of their SDET, eliminated the SDET role/discipline, and made SDEs responsible for quality and shipping their features, a major conflict of interest.
This happened ~2014/2015.
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-microsoft-doe...