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Great People, Vision Shifts

Senior Lead Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Akamai Technologies for 6 years
April 5, 2013
Cambridge, Massachusetts
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Excellent company, great tech, great people.

Global reach and a conservative business plan.

Cons

Shifting managerial vision at the top.

Terrible at acquiring other companies.

Barebones fringe benefits.

Terrible name recognition.

Oftentimes too sales-driven.

Advice to Management

Spend more in engineering. Every project is painfully under-resourced.

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