Pros
- Super interesting industry - Work on a product that is the single most important piece of the chip manufacturing process and therefore one of the most important technologies of our time - Nice workplace and people - A lot of holidays
Cons
- Software process is clunky and outdated which leads to a lot of lost time and frustration - Humongous amount of technical debt in the codebase with little care for good software engineering practices - Old language versions, old compilers, old tools in general. It's not just a matter of age of the technology in itself, newer tools bring a lot features that make engineers more productive. - Compensation is not great in general; it's bad in comparison with top tech companies. And when you factor the Dutch government hunger for your hard earned money it gets even worse.