Autodesk

I had the opportunity to work at Autodesk's new Pier 9 office, which was amazing. I really came here to use the world-class shop. I loved being right next to the artists in residence, who create amazing and inspiring things.

They also often have speakers come in to share inspiring work. My manager and co-workers were very nice and patient as I learned the skills needed to do my job. There seems to be a very nice work-life balance, as a lot of freedom is given to the employees as to when they want to work from home.

The work itself was a lot of integration, and there were not a lot of opportunities to write new/creative code.

I did not end up using the shop as much as I wanted to when I came here, due to being very wiped by the end of the day. I wish I had some time set aside where I could work on personal fabrication projects.

It was also difficult to understand some of the code bases, as there did not seem to be a whole lot of documentation.

Clean up code bases and have Fridays off to work on personal projects.