JPMorgan Chase

Good pay. As a software developer that did not finish college, I started with a very good starting salary.

Mentorship opportunities to learn.

The application functions are simple. As long as the codebase is somewhat clean (very important), the work is not too complicated for strong developers. However, this point is based off of my limited experience.

• The overall software in J.P. Morgan isn't very "current" • There's quite a bit of politics that goes around • Management isn't very technically knowledgeable • The legacy application deployment process is very inefficient • Open office seating system

Everyone on a team should be guaranteed a seat. No one should be left behind just because they want to squeeze in as many people as possible due to absences. Having "80% coverage" in seating is not ideal for teams and people who just want to work.

Managers should be more technically knowledgeable of what we're doing. Otherwise, we're at the mercy of unreliable metric review and people showcasing what we've done to really know anything. This does not play well with the political landscape.