Pros: The company is known for a variety of great product suites. I worked mostly on Adobe Connect, a web conferencing platform. The work was never dull, and I was surrounded by several intelligent colleagues and managers. Certainly a well-run business.

Cons: The company is quite large, and that brings with it some of the standard pitfalls -- messages coming from up high that delay or scrap projects entirely, and communication slip-ups. Salaries are barely competitive in a pretty expensive region of the U.S.

Pros: The company knows that transformation is needed to stay on top of a rapidly changing industry. It has so far done a fair job tearing down old and busted pieces from within to create a service-oriented business. Seeing this firsthand with VPs, directors, and management within the "creative" business has been one of my best career experiences. Leadership puts a lot of trust in each employee to do their best. Because of this, there is a lot of opportunity to influence things in a meaningful way that is rare in a company this size. I love each day at my job!

Cons: The wide geographic dispersion of employees is difficult to manage, and work tasks sometimes feel like they are flung around without good technical direction. Certain pockets in the company have a lot of politics. There are good opportunities to interact with other developers, but many don't take advantage of it (or can't because of fixing tough problems of our own making). A lot of things that are done by individuals to "check a box": inefficient meetings, partial communication, incomplete work, missing/lacking integration... it feels like this can improve, though.

Pros: Great benefits, well-being days

Cons: Managers are non-technical, which hurts in some way.