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Ethical, Loyal, Challenging

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Bloomberg LP for 6 years
September 2, 2016
New York, New York
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Takes great care of engineers, doesn't kick older ones to the curb, and usually has challenging work to do.

Great for ancient-technology spelunkers.

Cons

We used to rush new features out too quickly, leading to decades' worth of weird legacy systems that few understand, with no real automated testing. Now, we're focused more on stability and making better choices, but the pace of improvements is slower, and the overall risk hasn't really been balanced out yet. Some problems with managers who did things the old way are still in charge, but we're trying to adjust.

Advice to Management

Put people with expertise in testing, architecture, stability, and design in charge of that sort of thing. Have legacy managers focus on cleaning up their legacy systems while learning new skills.

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