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Great packages, but not a great place to learn

Senior Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Bloomberg LP for less than 1 year
April 6, 2009
New York, New York
3.0
RecommendsNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great building, competitive salary, excellent benefits package, multi-cultural environment.

If you are fresh from college, have no work experience, or would like to find someone to date, an excellent place to work!

Unlikely to get fired for any reason. Free food.

Really high turnover, so you may get a sales job even if you were a programmer.

Cons

The technology is ancient (the majority). A lot of programmers are simply maintaining legacy code (Fortran, C) that cannot be retired or converted.

The company also uses a ton of proprietary software, all developed in-house. For example, they've created their own Service-Oriented Architecture (ala WSDL), two home-grown databases, an entire UI framework, and other things.

Advice to Management

Give employees breathing room in order to generate ideas.

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