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A golden cage – but not a good place for a talented software developer

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Intel for 20 years
November 15, 2013
Haifa, Israel
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good salary. Excellent conditions. Very good infrastructure.

Work with a lot of smart people (but also with some morons).

Very efficient employee evaluation system allows you to advance early in your career by just doing good work without needing to fight for your right.

Cons

You often feel like a meaningless screw in a giant machine. A software team may produce nothing for 3 years, and nobody will care because it is a hardware company.

Projects are closed left and right or change their definition too frequently, rendering your efforts worthless. At some point, you can no longer progress by just doing excellent work, and your future will be determined by your skill in office politics.

Advice to Management

If you have hundreds of software developers at your disposal, then learn to act as a true software company.

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