lack of clear vision and technology innovation - Web Developer BitTitan Employee Review

2.0
Jul 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

team is growing, the office environment gets better and clients are excited to work with you, workload is manageable compared to other software startups.

Cons

Even they post engineer positions with fancy tech stacks, at the end the only engineering work you need is API integration. Definitely not that attractive to talents and not a great addition to your resume if you start looking for your next job. Mostly one-time customers (people barely migrate their emails multiple times) so the business pressure is always there because you do not have long-term customers. That also limits the value of the company because both IPO and being-acquired will be a tough call.

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BitTitan Response
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From the CTO... Appreciate the positive comments about growth, customers loving our solutions, and the work environment. I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience working for BitTitan, but I'm also not sure how you (as a web developer) ended up working on API integration. Regarding web development and the technology stack, we were among the earliest adopters of Ember.js and made a strong bet on the technology when it was in its infancy. For example, our FE team has been attending the Ember conference for the past 2 years. Why? Because we see huge value in making sure we use front-end technology that is both modern and relevant. I also think it's pretty easy for everyone to get to the truth. Login and take a look (right click, view source welcome). You'll find a modern web interface - all built using Ember.js, localizable in multiple languages, based on well-designed REST web services. No heavy API integration there. Now, it's absolutely true that our back end team has deep expertise in enterprise API integration. This is not for everyone, but it is what it takes to migrate the world's data, to connect to thousands of systems, or to enable migration of archives worth hundreds of terabytes. However API integration has never been a requirement for FE software engineering at BitTitan. Finally, based on similar logic, U-Haul should go bankrupt because "people barely move to a new home" (U-Haul is a 4 billion, 18,000 employee company). And while most people who leave a company think of themselves as top talent, the reality is that our attrition is less than a third of the industry's average. Our development team is made of strong developers. It is because of their passion and hard work that BitTitan is growing, and that we're adding value to our customers and our company every day.

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