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Entry-level software engineer

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at LinkedIn for 2 years
August 7, 2017
San Francisco, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Get to work with very talented engineers and learn good practices.

Infrastructure and tooling are highly developed.

Good reputation and name recognition when you leave.

Flexible hours.

Great pay and benefits.

Cons

Development moves at a glacial pace.

Management makes questionable decisions and is not transparent.

There is less and less focus on making a quality product for members, and more focus on $$.

It is easy to get stuck on a bad project if you are not proactive.

Advice to Management

Stop promoting staff engineers with no people skills to management.

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