Parted ways after 12 years of contributing to key Autodesk software (Inventor, Fusion)
Parted ways after 12 years of contributing to key Autodesk software (Inventor, Fusion)
ESPP program. Employee leadership program which prepared you for teamwork. Reasonably equipped offices. Good hardware available to developers. Good teamwork.
Making the Autodesk software cloud-dependent (SaaS, similar to the Adobe model) meant the loss of many traditional customers. This created a pressure environment on the employee side and necessitated a large restructuring of the company.
During the restructuring, the software company reacted by laying off large groups of its software developers, regardless of their performance. In 2018, Autodesk laid off 1150 people, mostly in software developer roles, because the product was finished and the company required the money for marketing. This happened in addition to the semi-regular 5-10% layoffs.
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The interviews conducted were swift and well coordinated. However, one of the interviewers lacked technical knowledge and used the interview to satisfy their ego. This interviewer exhibited a completely haphazard way of asking questions, posing spe
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A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn for a Singapore opening. It took about a month to schedule the first round, which was a coding round. This round had three coding questions, which I believe I answered well. Following that, there were four more r
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The interview process consisted of multiple rounds, starting with recruiter screening, which took around 3-4 weeks. This was followed by two screenings with the hiring manager, including a long coding exercise, and then panel rounds: two coding, two
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IndiaMarch 1, 2024The interviews conducted were swift and well coordinated. However, one of the interviewers lacked technical knowledge and used the interview to satisfy their ego. This interviewer exhibited a completely haphazard way of asking questions, posing spe
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Singapore, SingaporeMay 1, 2019A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn for a Singapore opening. It took about a month to schedule the first round, which was a coding round. This round had three coding questions, which I believe I answered well. Following that, there were four more r
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United StatesNovember 15, 2024The interview process consisted of multiple rounds, starting with recruiter screening, which took around 3-4 weeks. This was followed by two screenings with the hiring manager, including a long coding exercise, and then panel rounds: two coding, two
