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The good and the bad

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for less than 1 year
June 12, 2008
Hillsboro, Oregon
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

It's a big company with many projects going on that you'd never think Intel would be involved with. The ability to work on many different things, if desired, is a significant advantage.

Cons

With a huge company comes huge politics. Politics go all the way to the individual contributor. If you just want to write code, you won't do well here. You have to play the political game in order to survive and grow your career.

Advice to Management

A shakeup at the senior level is definitely needed, as things are too status quo. Too many people are surviving because of their loyalties to the boss. Bringing in fresh people from the outside would help in bringing change and cutting off the "goodie" boy club.

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