Pros: - Smart, friendly coworkers who are good at getting things done. - Developer-oriented workplace. - Great meals that are highly discounted (although not free). - Cool campus with lots of art. - Great on a resume, especially if you stay in the Madison area.

Cons: - Many strict, inflexible processes. Deadlines were automatically set as soon as you started working on something, and you had to talk to a team lead to change them. I was on a big team; I think some of the small teams were better. - Fairly long hours, and before deadlines, all developers had to stay until 9 p.m. some nights, regardless of what work they had to do. - Long commute if you want to live near Madison itself. - Outdated technology. I didn't mind Mumps, but VB6 is terrible. Hopefully, they've made progress on the transition to C#.

Pros: Great campus, healthy food. Madison is a good place.

Cons: Teamwork is not encouraged. Work-life balance is poor. Project planning is poor. Asking people to work extra hours or on weekends is prevalent. There is an inadequate team structure, with all responsibilities resting with the developer.

Pros: The work is challenging and meaningful. I feel valued and well compensated.

Cons: Leadership is arrogant and refuses to even acknowledge that they might be wrong. This has been displayed most recently with their handling of COVID, because they refuse to acknowledge that we can be successful working from home in a pinch. Therefore, they are going to be requiring us to return to the office despite public health authorities encouraging businesses to allow work from home. They've been putting their efforts into silencing employees rather than trying to address our concerns in a respectful manner. "Authoritarian" is perhaps a strong word here, but there's no denying the similarities in how internal dialogue is being handled right now and how free speech is handled in authoritarian states. Management does not do a good job at load balancing work, so folks who have a history of success but aren't good at negotiating their workload will often end up with too much work.