Guidewire

Very open and supportive environment. People respect each other. There is a lack of "know-it-all" types and "I-know-best" types. We use Agile Development, and it seems to promote friendship with the people you work with. There is a nice mix of experienced and less experienced engineers, but the senior engineers are always willing to give time to the questions of the more junior people. There is a willingness to learn together.

One great attitude is that when there is a problem, they say, "Let's fix the problem," and everyone moves on. At some companies, the first question when there is a problem is, "Who is to blame?"

Also, it is easy to move around and work on different teams and projects.

It can take a long time to decide to move into new technologies.

Benefits are average for the Valley.

It would be nice to work from home more than one day a week.

Really secure bike lockers would be nice, but they say they are working on it.

Keep the culture we have, even as we get bigger.