Not a place for good programmers. Hacking is encouraged. - Financial Software Developer Bloomberg Employee Review

2.0
12 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Fast-paced work; Dull moments are rare. But that's becase ... (see "Cons").

Cons

Bad programmers abound. Emphasis is on rolling out software that's quickly written and does its job with no concern for software standards. I'm amazed how much untested software is rolled out to customers every week. Customers are used for testing. Very political atmosphere. Top management encourages competition between different teams, resulting in vitiated atmosphere. Company has grown very big and is dragged in different directions Core product ("The Terminal") has hit a plateau and things will be difficult unless radical innovations happen.

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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