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A great place to join when starting or when you're towards the end of your career

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 4 years
February 18, 2024
Groningen, Netherlands
4.0
Recommends
Pros
  • Lots of young professionals starting their careers contributing to a lively culture.
  • Opportunities to switch roles in the tech world with relative ease.
  • Less pressure than other jobs.
  • Interviews are easy.
  • Great place if you align with the work-to-live approach.
  • Able to join without a computer science degree (this might have changed).
Cons
  • Hard to find mentorship; lack of senior engineers with solid computer science fundamentals (data structures/algorithms, system design knowledge).
  • If you are ambitious, you will probably outgrow the place quite quickly.
  • Pay is not that great.
  • Since you will be working in a consultancy role, projects of interest might not be available due to external market conditions, harming your development and promotion opportunities due to being idle on the bench.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
3.0

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