Pros: Good pay Free food Good office location

Cons: No cubes, everyone face to face. Long, long hours. The technology they use is old, not good for CS-majored graduates once you exit.

Pros: The best learning experiences were in core C++, server-side coding, templates, and JavaScript asynchronous frameworks, etc. Then, out of nowhere, a reorg happens, and you are left with nothing that you built with so much hard work. Good pay, amazing benefits (best in NYC), a pretty building, rarely fires (always puts people on performance plans), very fast learning. The CEO discussed voluntary work that I did with them. They have amazing matches for community involvement (they matched $5,000 to my charity for my voluntary hours).

Cons: Too many reorgs (not just my team but others too). Very competitive; hard to get an "exceeds expectations." Proprietary tech, at times too fast-paced, with a steeper learning curve.

Pros: * Fancy office * Fully stocked snack bar

Cons: * Long hours. * Mandated working hours. * Old technologies. * If you hold an H1B visa as an SDE, do not work here if you want to switch companies before you get your green card. Bloomberg won't provide any employment verification letters as needed for the green card process if you switched to another company.