5.0
Jan 13, 2010
Current employee
Cape Town
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
I'm with a new semi-independent business unit, where Naspers is like the venture capital - so it is very different from the established Naspers media businesses. I find management to be fair, accommodating, treats developers as equals, developers have creative input and freedom to propose solutions, developers know and help each other. Yet, being part of a multinational, we have most of the office amenities of a big corporate.
Cons
Most technical hires are mediocre to good - no best-in-the-world legends to mentor you - and much of the development is conventional, Microsoft .NET-based. There are some a non-team positions focussed on open-source - but being a one-man team makes the job more difficult - two heads are better than one.