Pros: Good training program, free food. Good opportunity to make contacts. The male-female ratio is pretty good (on the female side). The summer party is outstanding.

Cons: Very, very inexperienced managers, the majority of whom have only ever worked at Bloomberg. This cripples diversity. There's a bully-type American management style, like something straight out of a textbook. If a task isn't done now, the response is to shout louder or swear. Forget trying to understand the problem; just expect staff to work ridiculously long hours. From the software engineering side, work is rushed and the technology is old. Bloomberg thinks it can do things better by building its own in-house compilers and dev environments. It can't, period. Switch to mainstream/open-source software, which is peer-reviewed by thousands of skilled developers.

Pros: People are first-class, very bright, and motivated. Bloomberg has hired experts in many different aspects of technology, finance, and news in one place. Flexible work style accommodated.

Cons: - Still slow to adapt to new technologies. - Very focused on the terminal product.

Pros: Depending on your role, the project can be very interesting.

Cons: Depending on your role, the project can be very boring, using old technology.