Stable - Senior Software Engineer College Board Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very stable environment, a good place to either get started or close out your career. Lots of interesting different projects to work on. Pay and benefits are good, they used to have very good vacation and 401k contributions (not sure if those are still the same).

Cons

Not much hope of advancement since the senior people are well entrenched and there are plenty of cliques. They used to be very religious about Java and Oracle, not sure if that's still the case. Very process-heavy most of the projects are maintenance. Very few of the devs get to work on anything new and exciting, typically those in the inner-circle.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

- Fantastic Management - Clear Goals - Good teamwork

Cons

- The work is a little soul sucking

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers to be around, great benefits, work-life balance was perfect before the middle management layoffs. Collaborating with teams is constant and helpful for the design process.

Cons

They cut the research team, relying on designs to take on that plus end-to-end products, which leaves to heavy work loads and late nights. Deadlines are rather quicker than usual since the reorg.

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