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Product Driven, Team Dependent

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Twitch for less than 1 year
August 28, 2018
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

I'm giving 5 stars because I do think Twitch is a great place to work.

Most of the Glassdoor reviews are polarized: either Twitch rules or Twitch sucks. I'm not sure how helpful that is, so here are two observations:

  1. It's a product-driven company. The CEO is a former engineer turned product manager. If you work in engineering, UX, or any function that directly contributes to product, you're highly valued. If you're in partnerships, customer support, marketing, or any other function, you'll have a harder time getting things done.

  2. Engineering quality varies massively by team. Some managers are running a tight ship, and others just let their engineers do whatever they want. Seattle is corporate, Irvine is the army, and San Francisco is the wild west.

If you're thinking of joining, great. If you like the team you'll be working with, Twitch won't let you down.

Cons

Enough said. Read the section before.

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