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Garbage in, garbage out

Entry Level Java Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Capital One for 1 year
September 20, 2021
Richmond, Virginia
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good pay, nice teams, and good mobility upwards.

Cons

Internal deployment systems are awful. Interns' experience levels are nowhere near equal within a given team. "Great work-life balance" is a lie, depending on the LOB/manager. Incompetent manager: hadn't written a single line of code in over 5 years (at least on internal GitHub) yet pushed for system design on the project, some of which was suboptimal, and some of which was impossible due to not knowing the system, because they took a hands-off approach entirely.

For the love of God, there are too many useless meetings.

Advice to Management

Reset. Let active engineers lead engineers. There are so many claims on the culture that are just plain lies. It's backstab your way to the top. There was a recent great Blind post on this.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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