Accenture

Great working conditions, very nice professional people, and very exciting work.

Living in virtual poverty is a huge hindrance. I struggled so much to survive on less than $50,000/year in Boston that it interfered with my job performance and prevented me from getting promotions. This caused a negative feedback loop that made life outside the office miserable and virtually unbearable. I had to do innovative things like not pay my phone bill, sleep in homeless shelters, and take excruciatingly long-distance bus trips to save money for travel.

Be fair in salaries. I've met software testers who make over $70,000, and this is their first job out of college. They are merely testing the software that I develop. Test drivers don't make more than automobile engineers, and software testers should not make tens of thousands more dollars than software developers, in my opinion.