Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner on how to earn the big bucks in IT

Published: April 21, 2008, 11:51 a.m.

Microsoft hired Kevin Turner to be its Chief Operating Officer and offered him base salary of $570,000 (\xa3285,000) per year and a $7m (\xa33.5m) up-front payment in 2005.\n\nKevin Turner, previously CIO at Wal-Mart, gives his top tips in six minutes on how IT staff can make the progression to managers and earn the big bucks.