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WLB is good, growth is decent, but not enough room to explore

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at LinkedIn for 1 year
January 15, 2021
San Francisco, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Recently graduated from college and started sometime in summer 2020.

  • Good WLB
  • Decent growth (better than Amazon, Microsoft)
Cons
  • Slow work pace
  • Hard to explore and move freely between stacks

There is not a lot of room to move between stacks often times (backend, frontend, ML).

Not being able to focus on 1 stack for an extended period of time doesn't really help me understand in what direction I want to define my career, so that's somewhat of a disappointment to me.

Overall, work pace is relatively slow, which can be enjoyable to some, but personally I'm starting to crave some chaos and speed for faster learning.

Advice to Management

New engineers, especially those who have just come out of college, value having the opportunity to move freely across multiple stacks to explore in what direction they want to define their career.

If possible, please try to facilitate more opportunities for new grads to learn as much as possible in terms of breadth instead of depth, unless specified by the individual otherwise.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
4.0

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