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Awesome business but terrible tech

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Razorpay for 1 year
November 6, 2018
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Y Combinator alumni + marquee investors = Success

One of the top recognized start-ups in the FinTech space worldwide.

Diversity Stocked refrigerator Brand value

Full-blown DevOps team, no manual deploys.

Cons

Wrong choice of tech stack given how large their codebase has grown.

No one having the big picture of how to fix their tech problems.

Subtle discrimination if you are not from an IV League college like the IITs.

The previous point is ironic, since the people actually handling their codebase are mediocre engineers from mediocre colleges. Tech leadership has largely distanced themselves from the problems.

Join if you are desperate in terms of salary growth. If you do, prepare yourself for excruciating code untangling sessions and learning bad practices and antipatterns.

Advice to Management

Get real engineers, or pay a hefty cheque to consultants.

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