Wayfair

They really take management and experience seriously. I had one of the best line managers I ever had here; it was clear he was very qualified and experienced at managing people.

I felt a bit like a code monkey and consequently had low job satisfaction and was under-utilized. The company works in silos, so it's hard to have any autonomy, and consequently, anything that involved more than just your silo is very slow. Code is everything, roll-your-own. Presumably, so developers can reach key objectives in order to get promotions. Therefore, every library is Wayfair's own flavor. A lot of the senior developers and architects don't have enough experience, so perhaps not the best decision-making process, and it could be better. Code is very old and outdated. They joined the outsource to India bandwagon, so I guess they don't value experience that much.

Consider a flatter hierarchy, with fewer developers who work more collaboratively. Undertake a big code overhaul and modernization.