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It is depressing to work here

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Airbnb for 4 years
April 21, 2025
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

I can’t think of any.

Maybe remote.

Cons

Even if you have a good idea, you have to live with bureaucracy. Most engineers are very weak here. If you are a good engineer, be ready to be attacked by weak engineers; they survived as a group. If you are right about something, they will say you are wrong, and they don’t understand you together. Managers behave the same way. I made things crystal clear, and they said they don’t understand. Well, these are simple computer science concepts, and if a lot of people say you are wrong, then you will be wrong anyway. Bureaucracy is big here.

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