Autodesk Senior Software Developer reviews

- departments work in silos. not very good cross-company communication. people re-inventing the same wheel - reasonable company strategy/vision, but it doesn't seem to percolate through to the various lower levels of the organization. Again, seems like everyone's sortof doing whatever.

In practice, it's absolute chaos. Most teams are results of acquisitions, and they end up being poorly integrated silos with an excessive amount of unskilled, inexperienced managers that were promoted as a result of acquisition and not true merit or skill. Tons of overinflated egos run wild, boasting the success of their ol' startup, and amidst this absolutely zero forward progress is made. Most people that last longer than a few months in Autodesk carry a title of "principal" engineer and yet have trouble with basic daily tasks such as version control or testing, being well below average even for junior level in other places. The reseach division (OCTO) is possibly worse, with principal researchers having difficulty explaining their thoughts clearly or relating their work to others. I do not recommend this company for anyone who aspires to learn from peers.