Vantaggi
Some fun projects. Learned about AI development as a software engineer.
Svantaggi
Developed bad engineering habits due to lack of seniority and experience in my teams. Good engineers move up the chain fast, leaving junior-mid engineers in senior positions. Had some teammates with 2 and 4 yoe in engineering not know basic developer skills. I saw highly under qualified individuals in positions they had no business being in. For every 1 person who is actually qualified to do the job at Booz, there is another person that is piggy backing off of the hard work of everyone else. Switched to a smaller gov contracting company and have loved it so far compared to Booz. People kept telling me that maybe I’ll be a comeback kid. The only way that happens is if every other company in the world goes bankrupt. Left Booz on my own accord despite still being billable because I was sick of the culture. Networking looked so forced whenever I would go to company events. You’re friends with people until it’s time to find a new project, then everyone is either your competition or just a resource for landing the next project. I didn’t even write code for my last 6 months, which was the actual nail in the coffin for me.