A very mixed bag - Principal Software Architect NETGEAR Employee Review

Has only recently started to understand software development. There are several software development groups, with little cooperation between them. Poor, short-sighted decision-making by management. There is little technical background among the execs (and most of the board), yet they are reluctant to trust the guidance provided by those that do know.. Lots of pressure applied, normally focused on the wrong things, at the expense of what's really important. A consistent pattern of * badly underestimating risks, * demanding unrealistic delivery schedules, * and worse, dismissing any warnings given. Plenty of poor performers on staff, many of who have been there forever. Product management has little understanding outside of WiFi protocols and chipset selection, products are software-defined at this point,