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Software Engineering Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Software Engineering Manager?
July 2021
Stressful.
Software Engineering Manager in Santa Fe:
Pros: The work itself and the product/application area is really interesting
Cons: Its very unorganized and I think unnecessarily stressful. As someone who with a software engineering/computing background, it is really upsetting to me how often we are instructed or forced to cut corners on things that we have been trained to do the opposite. I think this has stunted my growth and my ability to be a better software developer and software engineering manager.
April 2021
Great experience.
Software Engineering Manager in Santa Clara:
Pros: impact, state-of-the-art solutions
Cons: high expectations, challenging deadlines and scope of projects, understaffed
March 2021
Great opportunities, subpar pay.
Software Engineering Manager in Denver:
Pros: Interesting work, excellent coworkers, opportunity to explore other opportunities.
Cons: Compensation is haphazard and sporadic.
April 2020
Hard work with lots of like-minded folks.
Software Engineering Manager in San Francisco:
Pros: Plenty of opportunities.
Cons: Rent and housing are extremely expensive.
January 2020
Rewarding, most of the time.
Software Engineering Manager in New York:
Pros: Flexible working arrangements mean Xero is happy to let people work from anywhere as long as they meet their commitments
Cons: Engineering vision has been and issue and we have only started to figure out how to distribute engineering teams globally
December 2019
Typical large company culture.
Software Engineering Manager in Nashua:
Pros: The technology is interesting. The product has a firm customer base on which to drive future development.
Cons: Employee morale is depressed due to uncertainty about the company growth plan. The staff work hard to deliver a product as defined by the business stakeholders, yet the company direction seems to be stuck without progressing to greater revenue from new business not from customer retention up-sale.
December 2019
Good work life balance.
Software Engineering Manager in Cypress:
Pros: Good work life balance
Cons: low pay
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