It's different... for good and bad.
Pros
In no particular order: * No one ever leaves (either voluntarily or involuntarily), so it's easy to get help and mentors are plentiful. * There are some smart, hard working engineers here. * Low stress. * Work/Life balance... emphasis on life. * Good IT dept. Machines aren't locked down and they are generous with the hardware. * Gorgeous campus * Good food. * Good fringe benefits, if you can use them (e.g. onsite day care, but I don't have children). There's also a very nice health center and a cemetery, so SAS has you covered cradle to grave. :-)
Cons
In no particular order: * No one ever leaves. When decisions are made, "how we've always done it" carries significant weight. Also, you want to change jobs? That's great as soon as they have an opening, which should be around the year 2245. * There are some really terrible devs here who are Senior and Principal no less. * Low stress only if the first bullet point and the next point don't bother you. * Work/Life balance... Just because you're blocked waiting on something from someone else isn't going to prevent them from going on vacation for a week. * Salary is below the industry because of all the benefits. * Very, very slow to adopt new technology. No seriously, it's a glacial pace of tech change here.
