Researchers come in many shapes and forms and are also associated with a wide range of domains. Still, working for Microsoft Security is a job far worse than analyzing whale excrements. When it comes down to choosing a job and a career, Microsoft is a company that has a lot to offer. The employee base almost doubled since 2001 and the worldwide work force is now approximately 80,000 strong. Microsoft is the apex mundi when it comes to desktop software and the company's position makes it very attractive.

But there is one division on the Redmond campus where the constant pressure, the perpetual barrage of fire, the cut-throat deadlines and the immense responsibility over the protection of end-users make working there a living hell. According to the Popular Science magazine's Worst Jobs in Science 2007, being a Microsoft Security Grunt occupies the number sixth position in the ranking.

The fact of the matter is that a Gravity Research Subject has it much better than a Microsoft Security expert. In addition, Olympic Drug Tester is a job preferred to working in the Microsoft Security response Center. And even dissecting and performing an autopsy on a maggot infested cadaver, that's right Forensic Entomologist, also ranked lower than Microsoft Security grunt. But out of all the worst jobs in Science this year, the best seems to have to do with analyzing whale excrements.

"Working at the response center is one of the toughest jobs to have," revealed Mark Griesi, Microsoft Security Response Program Manager as cited by InfoWorld. "But with tough challenges come great reward. The article does call out the dedication that the people in all of these jobs have, and I have never worked with a more dedicated group then the MSRC."

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