Goldman Sachs reviews

It's the most famous Investment Bank in the world, so you're so proud to work inside. It's not a typical high-tech company which you develop one huge project after another. You're mostly maintaining its huge database and complicated software systems. So you won't need to always stay up late at night trying to finish the project. However, the database is so huge that even maintaince and performance improvement is a significant job. The company is best for you to develop skill in database system and distributed/network system since it also operates database in London/Tokyo/HongKong, which is quite magnificant. It's using a lot of different languages so you won't bored down by using only Java/CPP all the time or just doing web programming. Also, all the works are done in teams, so there's always someone to back you up if you're screwed (cuz it's financial company, if you screw something very important, it probably means millions or billions of lost to the company, scary). It has many many departments, so if you're bored with one department, you can switch to another department and get some fresh works. There's no programmer tester here, you're responsible from development to testing if you're developing a software, that's pretty challenging.

I work with some of the smartest people in the world. Everyone is 100% dedicated at GS. Additionally, the level of communication is outstanding with everyone knowing what's going on at any one time. We tend to have a lot of meetings which can be viewed as negative (analysis paralysis some might say), but I find it very helpful. Everyone gets involved in the approval process this way, and everyone's voice is heard. The flattened hierarchy at GS avoids all the beauracracy and people can get down to work without worrying about the "proper" chain of command. And lastly, the technical systems that have been built by in-house GS personnel are some of the most advanced and useful pieces of software in the industry.