Expedia Group

Travel is an interesting industry to work in, with diverse opportunities as well as service goals. Expedia has a noble goal to make sure their customers have the best experience ever.

Individuals with the potential to blossom but lacking prior experience are currently not valued within the company. The company is at a stage where it is seeking only candidates with at least a moderate amount of industry experience, especially within the quality organization. At this point in time, this company is not a place where college graduates should carelessly dabble. Expedia right now is not geared to foster innovation and does not have the capability to leverage it to change how online travel is done.

This is a travel company, but its foundation is rooted in technology and innovation. The company hasn't really made significant advancements in recent years to revolutionize how people shop for travel online, yet there is so much potential to do so. The company will go the way of Detroit if it is not able to reinvent itself and provide a new travel experience. The process to innovate will not succeed without leveraging engineers who are fearless in trying out new ideas and with a "work till I drop" attitude, predominantly found in newly minted engineers out of school.