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Good Pay, Bad Development

Senior Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Yahoo for 6 years
November 26, 2013
Champaign, Illinois
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good salary, good work, good co-workers.

Small community town. University town with some very decent food joints.

Marissa is cool and taking bold steps to move the needle. Presently, she has tailwinds beneath her wings. Good for general morale, good for stock, but real revenues are not up to mark. Fixing that will take time. Hope that the board will have patience this time.

Cons

Bad for career development, good if you do not plan any progress. Bad if you only want to do your job. Good if you look nice to your manager. Bad managers look like deer in headlights when technical questions come up. Good managers lack the courage to stand up to management. Bad if you raise questions on management style, good if you can suck up to managers.

Some current employees will not fit in with the evolving culture. Some are already trying to fake it till they make it.

Corn fields everywhere.

Advice to Management

Hire a site manager with tech chops and a real backbone.

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