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Technology inside is a convoluted mess and a fire dance every day

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Agoda for 2 years
July 20, 2019
Bangkok, Thailand
2.0
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Pros

Great relocation. You learn how to use key/shiny technologies in the wrong way. Making sense of a convoluted mess and the system's insides teach you patience.

Cons

The company is only good for the short term to add some fancy words to your resume. Don't look at it as a long-term career. The company/travel industry just wants to make a future live and let engineers suffer in tech debt.

A lot of internal conflicts between teams occur because of hasty decisions and poor architecture planning.

Advice to Management

Take a look at ground reality rather than playing the blame game and making excuses for the tech debt.

Stop abusing people in the name of ownership.

Spend some money, time, and resources on training and treating people fairly.

Please hire good managers, bring more diversity. The loudest, articulate voice is not always the smartest one.

Make sure all people feel comfortable and are able to grow in this company.

Improve the metrics on which you measure people.

First of all, if you have a new organization plan or priorities every six months, it's not being fast-paced; it just means you are messy.

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