Capital One

Getting the chance to get lots of training and work on a modern tech stack, as they are doing a great job of absorbing big software trends for a bank. I was able to solidify my fundamentals as a software engineer.

Flexible working hours and opportunities for remote work help people maintain a healthy work-life balance.

• Performance evaluation is done twice a year based on a stack-ranking system, which means that they place employees into various buckets on a distribution. Its result-driven culture could induce stress and anti-collaborative behaviors, depending on the team.

• Due to the nature of the highly regulated financial industry, work may be frustrating at times due to the bureaucracy and red tape associated with the whole software development process, as you have to work on other things than pure coding time.