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Slow and Steady or Old and Moldy?

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Bloomberg LP for less than 1 year
April 13, 2010
New York, New York
2.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Excellent benefits plus some nice perks, like an open pantry and free admission to various museums.

Working at Bloomberg provides broad exposure to the financial industry, with a well-run training program.

Cons

Massive legacy code base to deal with (great if you want to work on your Fortran skills...)

NIH syndrome to the max -- you're not going to be learning any transferable tech skills here either.

Advancement within the organization is difficult.

Rather weak vision from the business side. R&D seems to be taking a back burner to developing the news business.

Advice to Management

More room needs to be made for long-term product planning. The recent changes to the bonus plan were incredibly poorly handled.

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