Painfully transitioning from outdated technology
Painfully transitioning from outdated technology
- High salary, especially in Madison, Wisconsin, where living costs are low.
- Decent 401K, healthcare, vacation, sick leave, and other opportunities.
- Work-life balance is manageable. Working overtime was not frequent in my team, and even when it happened, the hours were not that late (7 P.M. latest).
- Beautiful campus.
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Main product is still based on ancient technology (Visual Basic 6.0, released in 1998). If you are assigned to be a VB developer, too bad. None of the skills you learned will be transferable.
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They are trying to transition to a web frontend and C# backend. However, the process is painful. Currently they just inserted an IE browser inside their legacy VB framework as a temporary solution, which is annoying to work with and causes many bugs. I don't see the "real" transition to pure web frontend happening anytime soon.
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Since their software is safety-critical (used in hospitals), there are many rounds of code review and QA. You will spend 80%+ time dealing with red tape, and 20%- time writing code.
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The winter in Madison, Wisconsin is long and brutal. Around 6 months per year of close-to-zero Fahrenheit. Think about this before you go.
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Software Developer
They hauled us in teams from the downtown hotel and met us in person to introduce the process. First, they just showed us what it's like to be working at Epic, and then they moved forward to a one-to-one interview. Finally, there was an I/O programmi
Software Developer
Phone Interview: Which was pretty basic interview questions. Behavioral. Then assessment based on a programming language they created. Which was tricky but overall basic at the same time. It has three programming questions at the end where you can c
Software Developer
First, I had a phone screen where the interviewer asked me why I want to work at Epic and to describe past software development experience. I was also asked standard questions, like whether I am willing to relocate. Then, I did a four-hour online pr
Software Developer
Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesMarch 1, 2009They hauled us in teams from the downtown hotel and met us in person to introduce the process. First, they just showed us what it's like to be working at Epic, and then they moved forward to a one-to-one interview. Finally, there was an I/O programmi
Software Developer
Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesMarch 1, 2020Phone Interview: Which was pretty basic interview questions. Behavioral. Then assessment based on a programming language they created. Which was tricky but overall basic at the same time. It has three programming questions at the end where you can c
Software Developer
Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesDecember 1, 2014First, I had a phone screen where the interviewer asked me why I want to work at Epic and to describe past software development experience. I was also asked standard questions, like whether I am willing to relocate. Then, I did a four-hour online pr
