Here is a funny perspective on the life of the security response staff at Microsoft:

What do whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers, and employees of Microsoft’s Security Response Center have in common? They all made Popular Science magazine’s 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science.

Come on now. Whale-feces research can’t be that bad, can it?

Popular Science says “we salute the men and women who do what no salary can adequately reward”. However, the Microsoft employees quoted in InfoWorld hardly give any indication that they lack satisfaction:

Microsoft’s Mark Griesi considers ranking among the worst as a badge of honor, in part because his grandfather read the story and thought it was “pretty cool to see my team on the list,” he said.

Look gramps, no security!