Pros: Top salary, good work-life balance, food, interesting tasks, 29 days of vacation a year, fully remote, 20 days of work from abroad a year.

Cons: There is still a significant amount of Perl.

Pros: - Job progression is clearly marked, and pay in the engineering sector of the company is decent.

Cons: - A toxic engineering culture, focused on attempting to be "better" than your peers, rather than one that learns together. It feels like walking into a yesteryear of engineering. Truly the type of environment that should be avoided. I cannot state that enough - if you care about the environment you're working in in any way, then do not become a software engineer at Booking.com. - An unfriendly workplace environment in general. Not unusual to arrive in the morning to snarky Slack comments/emails. The type of place where you dread Mondays rolling over due to what might be in your inbox. Incredibly confidence-draining. - The customer service team was let go in a way that meant they didn't get severance pay, via a Zoom call. On the same day, the engineering teams had one-to-ones with their managers letting them know about pay rises. This, whilst also being incredibly sad for those impacted, creates a paltry working environment.

Pros: Big community of engineers and data people to learn from. Comparable compensations and benefits with other tech companies.

Cons: If you are a woman in tech, it's very hard to get any promotion. 90% of the decision-makers, senior people, and managers are men.