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Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Guidewire for 6 years
February 10, 2016
Foster City, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Focus on collegiality and reasonable work-life balance.

Long-term competitive advantage with growth opportunities.

Provides decent resources, including powerful workstations/laptops, sit-stand desks, and multiple monitors.

Very smart people and good engineering practices.

Cons

Senior management is not very technical nor good at dealing with conflict.

A large, old codebase is not taking advantage of emerging technologies.

Open seating is not ideal for software development work.

Advice to Management

Listen to technical leaders; spend the money to improve the codebase.

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