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Metablogging via Ben: He found a great essay on the "integration process at Microsoft" by Chris Pratley. Reading it made me grin. I very well remember the "phase 3"-feeling, and even now after more than four years at Microsoft there are days that I feel a little like that:

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3. By month two, you're convinced you are the dumbest person on the team by far. Everyone seems so capable, and they can do anything. Your manager says something like "remember, you’re 10% of the team that designs an N Billion dollar product - isn't that exciting? That means you have to step up and really "own things"". But you know that in fact you are an imposter - Microsoft has misjudged badly in hiring you and you are going to fail.
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