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Roblox will make you a worse engineer

Principal Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Roblox for 2 years
November 28, 2023
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Comp is high, especially considering how easy the work is.

Cons

Here's the review I wish I read before accepting my offer -->

If you are coming from a well-developed engineering culture, the stuff you see here will leave you wanting to quit in your first week.

You won't, because the compensation is good and you've already left your old job. But you'll stay and witness poor collaboration, a lack of engineering aptitude, and the most dysfunctional engineering culture of your career. You'll try to make an impact, which will be blocked by poor tooling, incompetent partner teams, and individual contributors chasing their vanity projects for their next promotion.

After six months, you'll realize that giving the bare minimum and collecting a paycheck is enough. This job isn't worth it.

Advice to Management

The majority of eng. management is contributing to this dysfunction, so all I can say is try harder. Those RSUs won't be worth much if we don't change our ways.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
1.0

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