Junior-ish environment (lots of junior engineers). As a junior engineer, you'll grow slowly and get mentoring from a few average engineers considered "gurus".
No upfront OKR setting for personalized professional and career development.
No cutting-edge tech, or even the "right tool for the right job." Get ready to work on legacy systems with outdated tech stacks.
Way too many ceremonies and meetings, whereas a developer, you don't get involved in product definition anyway, hence being just a code monkey.
Get ready to blindly follow all the company's core values and do endless workshops about that.
Software/Process quality is not a thing. Remember, we are in a mass-production feature factory with lots of junior devs, some "gurus" around, and an outdated tech stack.
No bonus scheme.
Lots of bureaucracy and office politics.
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The first interview was a Skype call with a person from HR and a senior developer. After that, I received a coding challenge, which I had a week to complete. I then had a final Skype call with the hiring manager and received an offer a couple of da
The interview process was really pleasant. It was joyful, actually. There's the work involved, like the initial letter of motivation document and a take-home coding homework assignment, but the people are quite joyful to talk with. They're also ver
The first response took several weeks and was based on a position I did not apply for (though in the same department). Getting the position right took again several weeks. I kindly refused the example task as I had already signed a new contract. I ne
The first interview was a Skype call with a person from HR and a senior developer. After that, I received a coding challenge, which I had a week to complete. I then had a final Skype call with the hiring manager and received an offer a couple of da
The interview process was really pleasant. It was joyful, actually. There's the work involved, like the initial letter of motivation document and a take-home coding homework assignment, but the people are quite joyful to talk with. They're also ver