Vantaggi
As a New Year's decision, I decided to fairly grade all the companies I worked in. So here goes: - most projects are short, last less then a year - allows you to work on many different stuff during your carrier in HDL - working for some of the most influential companies out there - chance to travel and meet the industry leaders - flexible work days/hours - chance to meet interesting people (the best thing in HDL are people) - good company location (city center) - good for junior engineers, you can learn a lot
Svantaggi
As a New Year's decision, I decided to grade all the companies I worked in, and to be fair. So here goes: - work/life balance doesn't exist, you're almost always working on more then 1 project (2 or even 3 if you're good) and working late because you're always missing milestones - projects are different - from very good to garbage (if you're lucky you'll get good stuff, but as a junior you're more likely to get garbage) - bad for experienced engineers since they're being overworked (if you're good, as a reward, you'll get another project, not a bonus or a salary increase) - I left some time ago and when I think of my past time there I can say I learned many things but at high price, only work work work