Arm

Arm is a company that really lives up to all the hype. It's great to work in an environment where the culture is around success, openness and the feeling that the management genuinely understands what it is to be an engineer. Arm takes the view that we need to understand company strategy and the architectural and technological advances that are coming - so as a result there are lots of opportunities to be briefed on this information.

Arm is full of really smart people who live our "we, not I" values. It's a great place for people with ideas who want to be rewarded well for doing something worthwhile - and want to see that their work results in highly successful products in the marketplace. With Arm's forthcoming IPO, we are moving towards a situation where our reward structure includes a generous amount of RSUs. All the signs are that this will be very good. And our cash bonus payment will continue.

Arm has a tendency to be stop/go on recruitment. Our current situation on getting ready for IPO means that costs are being watched more than usual, but having said that there is a lot of recruitment going on and rewards are excellent.