JPMorgan Chase

My team is super lax, given that I'm an SEP. It's a friendly and respectful team.

Other SEPs I know are worked a lot harder and some have more traditional managers.

To do well here, one has to be a quick learner and adapter. I quickly learned that programming is not enough to get by; one needs to learn the skills of deployment and God-forsaken agile.

The job is remarkably stable.

It's silly that there is such little room for career growth. I feel driven to do lesser-quality work and match the productivity of my peers instead of pushing myself, given that we're compensated equally for two years.

Pay is low relative to other large firms. Raises are all uniform across the SE program. There is low incentive to work hard until you graduate from this program, which takes 2 years.

They do not discount fitness programs at all but dump millions into mental health and reproductive stuff.