National Instruments Sr. Software Engineer reviews

* NI is a social network. A VERY social network. Surprisingly so for a bunch of engineers. Lots of tight friend circles, intra-company dating, that sort of thing. And that means that news spreads often through back channels, and opportunities to advance can be missed because you didn't go to a particular party to overhear that news. Luckily, it's never too late to start meeting people and forming your own back channel group. * Lots of growing pains. The transition from small company to large has had some missteps. Nothing egregious, but annoying. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out who is the proper authority on a given topic, which leads to a lot of "better to ask forgiveness than permission" attitudes.

Salaries are a bit low.