GoDaddy

The company had a bad reputation for its sexist Super Bowl ads and supporting SOPA a few years ago. I have to say it has changed a lot, and not only on the surface. Recently, I attended a "how to be a male ally in the workplace" training with the CEO, followed by an "LGBT 101" webinar a week later. The company matches donations year-round and even triples donations once a year.

All middle management I had to deal with in engineering has been exceptional: tolerant, open, and listening. I currently have the best manager in my career.

My team is composed of highly qualified people who inspire me and from whom I can learn a lot. We are constantly adopting new technologies to make our lives easier as engineers. We don't rush work; we do good stuff.

I am not crazy inspired by the products I am working on. We're not making war weapons, but we're not saving the world either. It's pretty neutral.

That said, I'd probably feel the same for about 95% of software being written out there. So it's not just a GoDaddy thing, it's more a capitalism thing :)

Some of the engineering old guard is also being flaky sometimes, and a bit condescending. I wish they were more cooperative with us.

While I do strongly approve of the CEO, some of the high-level guys I met at TechFest kinda creeped me out. There is also a lack of diversity up there; we need more women and POC.

I do think the company is on the right path and making huge progress. Keep up the good work!