55 Director of Software Development Reviews
Director of Software Developments give their job an average rating of 3.8 out of 5.0. The Director of Software Developments happiest with their jobs are employed by American LegalNet with an average rating of 3.9 while the Director of Software Developments least happy with their jobs work for eFashionSolutions with an average rating of 2.4.
Submit a Review"I love the control of the direction regarding the architecture. However, we are so consumed with client requests for work that there is almost no time at all for researching new trends for better software web solutions, and this is not good for a developer's career."
"I loved being able to make a real difference in the way people at the agencies did their work. It was always a positive, professional experience and you couldn't ask for better people to work with. They value employee retention and satisfaction and actually strive to achieve it."
Director of Software Development Career Rating Comparison
"One of my favorite activities is communicating with all levels within the company. I enjoying talking with the developers and assisting with the design of the apsplications. And then in the next hours, walking into an Executive staff meeting to discuss the overall direction of the company.One of the challenges is making the staffing decisions. Even though, I have always maintained a small Agile team, having to reduce staff is always very hard decisions."
"I loved working and mentoring each team member. I had some extremely talented people work for me. I learned quite a bit from each one of them and by working together we improved our software development processes and became a very efficient team. The thing that I hated was the lack of vision, by our parent company, into the future with respect to the products that we were developing."
"I enjoyed proposing technology road map, specifying projects, and developing budget.I didn't enjoy interviewing candidates seeking for employment."
"Like the constant challenges and learning new technologies."
"I love the challenge of managing and developing software related products. Software is an excellent field of work with so much to learn and always a challenge."
What do you like about working at Waldo's?
"It was a great experience and very fast pace environment, great group of people to work with."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be prepare for a group interview process, focus your explanations on the process not on the technical details."
What don't you like about working at Waldo's?
"Corporate relocation to Mexico, City, too much travel at times."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Need to solidify long term plan, too many changes at senior management team level."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Wonderful benefits!"
What do you like about working at Fidelity Information Services?
"stability of the job and the growth of the company as a whole"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"professionalism and talent are key to getting a job, make sure to dress to impress"
What don't you like about working at Fidelity Information Services?
"very large fortune 500 company and slow moving in innovation"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"To allow more innovation through a tiered reward system and unbiased and blind reviews"
What do you like about working at GoDaddy.com?
"Fast paced, cutting edge, always learning and being challenged. There is never a dull moment"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Need to show loyalty and the desire to work hard"
What don't you like about working at GoDaddy.com?
"Fairly inflexible hours and scheduling. having a hard time balancing work / home life"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Allow for a better work - life balance by shifting the culture to be more open to telecommuting"
What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"My likes are: scale, resources, technology stack, ability to have an impact, challenging work, and compensation."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Support your resume with actual knowledge, be ready for whiteboard coding and design, and ask the right questions."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"I don't like lack of focus, changing goals and priorities too often, and lack of internal communication."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Innovate, carefully select goals, allow more initiative, and spin off some of the business units."
What do you like about working at Oracle?
"The talented co-workers and team I managed. In the early years, the product vision came from our talented CTO."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be prepared to work with culturally-diverse and geographically-dispersed teams. Travel to India may be required."
What don't you like about working at Oracle?
"Lack of product vision and CEO's passion for outsourcing jobs to India."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Product vision, requirements definition and most software development should be US-based."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Good pay, bad management, non-Agile, slow, lots of legacy stuff"
What do you like about working at Interactive Data?
"The money is good and the company is very successful."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Company is very traditional and uses failrly heavy processes and procedures."
What don't you like about working at Interactive Data?
"Company was purchased a couple of years ago and taken private. New management is focussed on selling the company soon."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Improve environment and morale foir software developers. Most are doing uninteresting work and not very happy."
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