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CUIT - Low Stress, Low Expectation, Low Salary, Good Benefits, Antiquated - Software Engineer Columbia University Employee Review

3.0
Jun 10, 2012
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Pros

Low stress, good benefits including free tuition for self and family, job security, prestige, noble mission.

Cons

Talking specifically about CUIT - antiquqted systems, antiquated management, low expectation, limited career growth. A lot of open systems, so if your next target is the corporate world, this is not the place to be. Your marketibility will deteriorate, unless perhaps you are a new grad.

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The labs and team were great

Cons

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Pros

If you a PhD student, you never have to worry about money or funding. Professors have a lot of funding for different research projects.

Cons

The EE department/professors are not very supportive of the PhD students. Most of them are not typically patient with students if they are taking their time with projects. They replace them with new students.

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