Pros: Lots of leadership opportunities for high-performing employees.

Cons: Poor management due to inadequate management training.

Pros: - Smaller teams - Can control your own growth rate - Big projects early on, but apt QA makes sure you don't release buggy systems. - Core software, not web, which is a good thing for me. You have to consider communication between different versions, data migration, etc. Interesting challenges. - Extremely complex system with thousands of configurations, requires clever thinking to solve problems. - No stupid SQL queries, never understood why people liked them. - Excellent in-house bug tracking system. - Demands hard-working and smart people; if you are not, then you WILL get fired. - Excellent culture of Staff Meetings, kind of shows that the CEO still cares about her minion workforce, haha. I like them.

Cons: - Everything depends on your manager. If he is a sadist, you are screwed. - I feel software developers should have more say in general functionality. - Some teams still use VB6; most have moved to C#. - Too many people to talk to and approvals are needed. I guess they need to maintain standards, but sometimes simple things can take time. - Does not care about industry trends, such as new technologies, etc. Although recent efforts show a wave of change. - Lots of old code. - Huge learning curve due to extremely complex software. - If you are stuck working with VB6, then career opportunities are zero. I believe Cache is still useful because it is a neat NoSQL language, and what's important is critical thinking, not the language. However, there is no hope with VB6.

Pros: Health benefits Salary (especially with low cost of living) Provided food Beautiful/fun campus

Cons: Some teams will work you more than others.