Sigma Computing

4,0

1 nov 2022

Consiglia

Gradimento del CEO

Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Sigma has a wonderful culture and atmosphere - people are friendly, coworkers enjoy socializing together, and there's excitement around Sigma's continued success. The engineering department has a great VP who has vision and experience scaling small teams. Due to the founders being technical, there's a strong engineering culture within the company, with technical feasibility a first-class citizen among leadership. For example, due to site reliability issues, all of engineering took a month to focus on stability and tech debt instead of feature development, something I've never experienced on another production app. Post-pandemic, the company has moved to a hybrid work culture, with teams in the office 2-3 days / week. The leadership is fantastic. I've seen people be fired, but their last day of "official" employment delayed just so their options vest. Instead of trying to screw people out of every dollar like many places might, Sigma has consistently done right by people. They also do a comp adjustment to ensure existing engineers aren't getting paid less than incoming engineers.

Svantaggi

On the one hand, having two founders who are brilliantly technical means there are tremendous opportunities to learn and grow. Both Rob and Jason actively and regularly push and review code. However, they both much prefer doing to teaching/leading, so less experienced engineers often find themselves floundering. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention that one of the founders has a rather contentious approach that not everyone enjoys. If you work in a similar part of the codebase as him, you'll have to prove to him you know what you're doing before he trusts you. In the absence of that trust, expect extensive PR reviews. Feedback loop is nonexistent - both IC and managers often have no idea how they're doing until it's too late. Iteration speed is often high, with it occasionally impacting work / life balance. Leadership is a bit of a stickler about coming into the office.

Risposta di Sigma Computing

Thank you for providing your feedback on working at Sigma. It’s definitely a great company and culture and people are excited about the growth and opportunity. I wanted to add some of my own experience and perspective here: - We definitely expect people to show up at the office. We’ve found that people learn and grow much faster that way, and we are very transparent about this throughout the interview process. - As the company grows, we’ve been hiring managers and putting in place processes for providing more feedback. I’m sorry you did not feel you were getting enough. We try not to surprise people. - Our founders do write code and review a lot of PRs. I’ve found that people learn very quickly by taking on that feedback, understanding it, and improving their code. Sigma is a very complex application, and learning from the people who wrote a key part of it is a great way to get up to speed quickly. Suggestion for a feedback process is appreciated and is top of mind with leadership. I’m sorry your experience might not have been great.

Amazing people and great outlook - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Sigma Computing

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