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They are based in San Luis Obispo, CA, and I have met a few people that work there. It's interesting to hear all of the complaints from people who work there right out of college (Cal Poly is near by). Apparently they are not very nice to their developers and many burn out after a year and quit.

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Speaking as a former straight-to-EE-out-of-college employee:

I didn't experience any of the "not very nice"-ness you're referring to- my coworkers there were and are actually really nice folks.

I did, however, leave because of burnout.

Did you get an office, free food, an on-site gym, etc., etc.? If not, then that's what people call "not very nice" these days, at least for programmers.

I didn't get a personal office, but barring a handful of individuals, nobody did. Everyone worked in shared space. No cubes though- just adjoining desks, grouped by department.

Everyone got free snacks and drinks, and free lunches delivered to the office on Fridays. There wasn't an on-site gym, but the company paid for memberships to a local gym. There was also the beginning of a game room with a ping-pong table, a foosball table, and a dartboard.

The perks were by no means Google-scale, but they were nice nonetheless.

I know, right? Those damn programmers are so entitled. Everyone knows the marketing people do all the hard work!

Ok, I'm done sarcasm trolling.

Interesting, I've heard mostly complaints. Good to hear that they aren't all bad.

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