The demographic. Are they all H1Bs? I’ve been on the MS campus many times and never saw such a lack of diversity. But it’s been many, many years since I’ve been there.
I noticed it after your post (went back and looked). The photo is not representative at all. I suspect it’s either from some special Indian event or could just be that the Indians at MS love the guy and are proud of him.
The biggest change in demographic make-up at Microsoft seems to be the growth of Chinese hires. not too long ago I had a guy come by my office to ask me to review some text. I said, “ok, but why me?”. His answer was that I was the only native english speaker on the floor.
Many of these people go through the long process to become citizens, and generally these are the cream of the crop from their country of origin. Of all the countries represented by MS employees, I identify with the Russian ex-pats the best; most of the Russians seem to be very conservative - strong supporters of the second ammendment, distrustful of government, etc. I think it is because they have seen firsthand where Bernie’s policies lead, and that’s why they left Russia.