A great company to work for - Software Engineer Discovery Machine Employee Review

Great, casual work culture Casual dress code Extremely intelligent and humble team Lots of help available New first-12-month mentorship program Beautiful office space Free snacks Great work equipment Standing desk Flexible/hybrid on Fridays Solid health benefits Standard time off plus lots of holidays

Lower initial pay Salaried position, may need to work occasionally late with same pay No standard onboarding (small company); getting thrown into project right away (but still a great way to learn) Limited documentation for some projects/areas SIMPLE IRA doesn’t let new hires contribute until next calendar year after earning $5k+ (state law, not the company)

-I loved the people I worked with. Couldn't ask for a better set of dorks to shoot the shtuff with- complete with game nights. -Good starting job. They claim it's sink or swim, but they get you started off easy with bug tickets and the like to see where you're at. -Put a lot of weight on my interests when assigning me to projects. -Good job security, could probably make a lot if you decide to stick around. -When I left they were improving and modernizing their practices and workflows. -If you're personable they'll send you out to meet clients across the country.

-Fast dev cycles lead to buggy products that fail to live up to what was promised to clients and tech debt that's never dealt with in a meaningful way -No overtime pay. Any extra hours you put in to make a deadline are for brownie points. -Constant work with legacy systems means that it can be a challenge to stay current. You can get assigned to research a new tech, but that might become its own nightmare. -There's a handful of moral grey areas with the products this company makes that made the hours I sunk into maintaining them seem doubly wasted. -The main location is in the middle of nowhere, PA. The town is nice enough and the hiking is great, but wow does traveling out of there suck. And they use the low cost of living to justify a lower salary.