Not good place to grow as engineer - Software Engineer IXL Learning Employee Review

3.0
Apr 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Super chill work life balance - Extremely manageable expectations - Nice co workers

Cons

- Lack of proper engineering principles and quality code - Poor infrastructure and dev tooling - optimized for getting feature/business needs quickly and cheaply (technical debt). Not good for engineers who want build systems for the future - No engineering driven initiatives (all product/exec driven)

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Great food great location and I love the mentorship

Cons

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Depending on the team, you can have a good work/life balance - Given they hire a lot of new grads who are building a community in the area, it's pretty easy to get involved in social groups and make friends in the office

Cons

- Depending on the team, you may have poor work/life balance - Top-down culture - many typical responsibilities a given role would have (at least in engineering or product) in other companies are separated out. While not necessarily good or bad, it can catch people who are used to more autonomy in their decisions off-guard - Slow growth trajectory in roles and experience / learning which can be unfortunate for those starting off in their careers - Immature feedback / leveling loop - It was fairly common that people got feedback or temperature checks from more casual conversations with peers or other teams rather than formal reviews or manager conversations

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