Pros: Epic has a wonderful campus, with a theme for every building. Food is cheap and yummy in the cafeterias. Most of the parking lots are covered, which will help you a lot in winter. Madison is a nice place to settle, if you don't have a problem with cold weather and snow.

Cons: Technologies are pretty old and won't add anything to your profile/resume. Weather at Madison gets pretty worse in winters (summers are lovable). Work pressure kills you, and working on internal frameworks is a pain.

Pros: - Base salary is great - Free food - Nice campus

Cons: - Cult atmosphere - Long hours - Not looked on fondly by the rest of the community

Pros: - Excellent pay for new college grads (at least for the software developer position), a great option if you have debt you want to pay off quickly. - Coworkers are very intelligent and generally helpful. - On-campus food outlets are very affordable and high-quality. - Excellent health insurance.

Cons: As a "software developer", you will also be responsible for high-level project investigation, design, and planning. You will be given a one-sentence summary of a feature and be responsible for everything from that point up to a finished, released product. They hire a small number of designers and end-users for devs to consult/collaborate with, but UX/project scope/etc is always still your responsibility in the end. The company has a strong culture of overwork. The CEO advocates for "work-life mixture" instead of work-life balance. They would rather pay an undersized staff generously to work them in perpetual overtime than hire enough people to do the work at a healthy pace. Some team leads will shield you from this to an extent, but if you get one that doesn't, the company will not step in to save you. Little vacation time. Very few WFH days (~5 days in a year). The tech stack is arcane, and your experience will be largely inapplicable to the rest of the industry. Micromanagement of inconsequential deadlines is common. All employees have to log their work in 15-minute increments.