Pros: Great benefits. You get to live in NYC. Good training program. Good place for people who intend to work as a programmer for a few years only before switching careers to a management/finance track.

Cons: No personal space, high pressure, and it's easy to feel lost. Someone with a non-finance background may find it very uninspiring to develop financial software.

Pros: It pays well and is very secure. Sometimes there are free vegetables.

Cons: It is virtually impossible to get anything done here. The more ambitious and creative you are, the more you will hate it. You can't even use the Internet, which makes research and development practically impossible. I've worked for big banks, big tech, military intelligence, and I've never been in such a locked-down environment. Employees (and often co-workers) are treated as the enemy. The more you accomplish, the more visible a target you become. The technology is abysmal, antiquated, and crippled. Working here is a dead-end because your skills will rot and become utterly irrelevant to the real world. Also, it is a sweatshop. You will work 16-hour days on more than one occasion, and you will be seen on weekends much more than any rational person would like. Also, constant interruptions, bright lights, loud noises, and uncomfortable, cramped quarters.

Pros: - Nice office with good views - Pretty good work-life balance - Decent pay

Cons: - No clear track for success or moving up the ladder. - Performance reviews and promotions seem to be very subjective and not very quantifiable. - Much of the leadership is ancient and has been at the company for decades, so not much room for growth and no true desire to innovate. - Very outdated and proprietary tech stack. - Using internal tools and the terminal daily is a pain. - Pay/perks are a tier below the other big tech companies. - Very much of a corporate and finance vibe in 731 Lex.