Clever Software Developer reviews

4.8

91% would recommend to a friend

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Trish Sparks

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5.0
Feb 4, 2015
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Pros

Working alongside very intelligent people to solve both hard technical problems and a larger problem impeding education today. Very motivating to hear feedback from schools or applications that we're helping students learn. Incredibly genuine and unique culture that values continued learning and individuality.

Cons

Growing pains inherent in many startups: too much we want to do and not enough people to do it.

5.0
Jan 23, 2015
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Pros

I've watched as Clever has grown from ~10 to ~50 people over the past couple of years. Here are the things I love: - Smart, dependable coworkers - Everybody's united under a common mission to improve education (it never feels like it's about the money, but being for-profit avoids a lot of the inefficiencies and frustrations of non-profit work) - I have very close friends at work and we do fun things together, but it doesn't feel insular like many other large tech companies' social networks - We have a culture of learning, and one in which all ideas can be challenged by anyone

Cons

We've been growing really fast. It's hard to preserve culture and scale processes. We also haven't really figured out what advancement looks like yet - right now everybody is more focused on the problems we're solving than on career growth for employees.

5.0
Jan 23, 2015
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Pros

+ Everyone here really believes in the mission / company and wants to make schools a better place. It's refreshing to see people who actually care about the mission rather than people who believe in the concept of a good mission. It makes for a really positive collaborative environment. + Equally as iterative on processes for product development as well as people operations. Super lightweight agile dev environment. Clever actually takes feedback into account when deciding benefits, feedback processes, and company operations. + People really care about each other and want their peers to succeed. Because everyone's interested in learning and improving, we're able to keep moving forward and getting stuff done in a non-competitive environment.

Cons

- As engineers, we tend to get excited about the latest and greatest technologies. Sometimes I feel like we're using more tools and services than is necessary. I'm mixed on this one, while I can see the benefits to both sides, I'd personally prefer if we could consolidate so there's less of a learning curve when switching teams or taking up a new project.

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