Good first job, but don't stay too long - Software Engineer Tripadvisor Employee Review

2.0
Jan 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Directly building something people use is great

Cons

No career growth, I was in the same role 3 years after I was hired. "Speed wins" is used to justify sloppy work and never addressing the mountain of technical debt. New technologies, even those proven elsewhere in the industry, are resisted.

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Tripadvisor Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear you felt this was a great first work experience and you enjoyed working on our product. As with any successful company we have accumulated technical debt. Historically debt was not addressed in a timely manner, but that changed significantly back in the summer of 2015. Now teams and individuals are empowered to address debt throughout the organization. Also, It is reasonable to say that we did not strike a good balance in adopting new technologies; however using new technologies in a high volume environment requires a lot of consideration. That is also an area being rectified albeit at a slower pace than addressing our technical debt. We wish you the best of luck in your new position and thank you again for your feedback. Nick Shanny SVP Engineering and Operations

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