Stuck in the mud - Software Engineer Audible Employee Review

It’s hard to develop new things in big organizations. Bureaucratic hierarchies moves slowly, and entrenched interests shy away from risk. In the most dysfunctional organizations, signaling that work is being done becomes a better strategy for career advancement than actually doing work (if this describes your company, you should quit now). These are not my words, but words from a famous Silicon Valley investor and it perfectly sums up what’s mostly wrong at Audible. The tech stack is archaic Java/JSP If you don’t have seniority, your ideas don’t matter Everything moves slow. Like REEEEAAALLLL slow. Interaction with different teams is painful Code reviews are a pain. Everyone is scared to push code. So, code reviews for a single file and a few line changes can take weeks.