American Express

Company heavily investing in cutting-edge technology trends.

Very relaxed team culture, great quality of life.

Excellent experience with manager (at least mine is really awesome).

Plenty of parallel opportunities.

OK benefits; expected more incentive and better health insurance.

Extremely meeting heavy.

Difficulties following basic best practices regarding code life-cycle.

Information seems to be in "silos". Recommend befriending colleagues fast and getting heavily involved in learning upfront to save grief later.

Lacking role models for practices and learning.

There's a disconnect between the confidence felt during demonstrations and day-to-day life. The stories lack information, leaving a lot to the developer to discover in terms of what work actually needs to get done. Information in silos discourages exploration, as timelines conflict with the effort required to understand requirements.