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Life of a Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Nokia for 4 years
August 16, 2015
Budapest, Hungary
4.0
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Pros

The overall atmosphere is really friendly. It's not the company where you go in with stomach cramps every day, or work overtime for long periods of time.

There are some pretty smart folks around, and they are very helpful.

The office looks nice and functions well; the office gym is a big plus.

Management is fairly flexible in terms of working hours.

In certain projects, you can learn a lot and improve your career.

Overall, I think it's a really good place to work, if there is more to your life than your job.

Cons
  • Lots of old technologies and a lack of real innovation, but right now there is some slight change.
  • Slow decision-making in management, with a fear of responsibilities.
  • Some projects can use really outdated technologies, but to a certain point, it's understandable; it's telecom, better safe than sorry.
Advice to Management

If you are advertising yourself as an Agile company, please take the time to train middle management in the matter, not just the average employee. Also, dare to make changes and try out new technologies, because this way it's easy to fall behind.

Some operations that management sticks to should be revised to see if they're really useful or just a waste of time.

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