Pros
- Working on the state of the art processors designed in house.
- Working with friendly and very experienced engineers.
- Respect from the management, flexible time, little pressure.
- Freedom to explore new technologies and tools.
- Hot lunch by a professional cook.
Cons
- Market pressure leads to lots of shuffling short term priorities, while there is little long-term envisioning software projects.
- No individual appraisal or performance based bonus. Project delivery and personal professional developments mostly rely on self motivation and discipline.
- Probably aimed to reduce the time to market, software engineers have to work on unstable hardware/systems, which wastes time and takes mental toll on motivation and discipline.
- Communication with other global teams requires extra effort not usually appreciated by a software engineer.