Pros: One of the best companies to work for.

Cons: I think there are no cons about MathWorks.

Pros: Work on developing real features that ship with the product through project work. Manager is more of a mentor and coach versus a boss. Strong collaboration within the team. Opportunity to work with customers across many industries. Strong career development opportunities to develop skills that are applicable for many roles and companies.

Cons: The role is multi-faceted and requires strong technical skills and leadership skills. The work is not pre-defined, and you must create your personal plan of what projects you want to contribute to.

Pros: Work with smart people. Challenging, exciting work that varies day to day. Many opportunities to get "training". You do not have to decide on a career until after you work here for a while, so there is flexibility. Career opportunities, though not as many as advertised during the hiring process, they are still there.

Cons: Management for the "Engineering Development Group" should not be managing a development group. They are basically technical support managers, and generally good at that, but do not have any clear mandate to focus at all on the non-support side of this group. This is clear as they continually make decisions that sacrifice engineers' long-term career development at MathWorks for short-term technical support goals. The work culture of the Engineering Development Group is not in line with the principles and values of the rest of the company. The dual demand for our time, coupled with homework assignments (yes, there is homework in EDG), routinely makes working after work hours or on the weekends necessary. The common complaint for this position is simply that the 50/50 support/project time split, which is repeated all throughout the hiring process and at career fairs, is simply not true. 70/30 is more accurate.