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Great Code, No Social Life

Software Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Oracle for 4 years
April 29, 2023
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great structure to code. Best coding practices. Lots of resources with a company that has funding. Your mentors know what they're doing. Awesome documentation, which is more important than the code sometimes.

Cons

Depending on your team, on-calls can call you anywhere from the middle of the night to the middle of the day.

So, if your team is small, on-call will welcome itself into your social life.

I hear it's not bad, depending on your team and the ratio of seniors to juniors.

Unlimited PTO leads to developers not taking PTO.

Conservative culture.

Advice to Management

I would suggest management be more understanding to those entering as Software Engineers 2. Although I had a year or two more of experience in working, it was my first software engineering gig, and I had the same amount of coding experience as Software Engineer 1s straight out of college.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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