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Python
Current Employee
Has worked at Akamai Technologies for 1 year
October 20, 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

Diversity isn't a buzzword. The percentage of non-white, cis-gendered male engineers is higher than any place I've worked.

Different perspectives are valued.

A good mix of consensus and decisiveness.

Haven't found any jerks.

Smart, helpful people.

Cons

Some technology is ancient. Sometimes this makes no difference (Bugzilla is about as good as Jira).

Sometimes it is a hassle (P4 is unpleasant compared to Git).

In some areas, this might hurt the company. Parts of Linux that weren't great 15 years ago got replaced with custom solutions. Now Linux handles this stuff well, and the custom solutions are a bit hard to maintain.

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