95 Software Engineering Manager Reviews
Software Engineering Managers give their job an average rating of 3.7 out of 5.0. The Software Engineering Managers happiest with their jobs are employed by Intel with an average rating of 5.0 while the Software Engineering Managers least happy with their jobs work for NKSoft with an average rating of 1.4.
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"Yah, I don't think I am right now the good fit as SEM."
"I like solving puzzles or problems and software development fills that need (for the most part). Managing software developers brings a whole new level of complexity (people problems are harder and sometimes do not have a good solution) but are more rewarding because of that."
"I love what I do. Developing solutions to company problems and processes is awesome and I love doing it by creating a custom piece of software that makes everyone's lives easier. It really is great and I love helping the other members of my team develop and grow and create awesome applications as well."
"Love working with people and developing relationships.Hate continuous do more with less attitude, but understand the need for it."
"While it was difficult at first, I loved helping people solve problems that they didn't think they could solve at first. Also, being able to help resolve people problems (conflicts, developmental needs, and so on) was very rewarding as these tend to be more complex than technical problems. On the downside, people problems tend to take longer to verify that you are on the right track. Also, it can be frustrating for hands-on people to have to work through others to solve problems."
"The thing I miss most is being able to resolve technical problems from start to finish. As a manager, the people problems are more challenging, which is good, but less tangible/certain. Working through other people is harder than doing it yourself and, in many cases, you aren't sure that you are making progress until much further in the process. On the other hand, the satisfaction of seeing someone overcome a problem that truly challenged them is like watching kids open Christmas presents."
"I love having the responsibility to lead a team of my peers in creating software while focusing on excellence and the needs of the customer. I enjoyed being able to mentor others and sharing the benefits of the knowledge I've gathered from 15+ years of software development."
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"Overall, my experience has been good."
What do you like about working at Avaya?
"Avaya has a flexible work environment where I can work from the office or home."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"The company is focusing on software, virtualization, video, and whatever else is the current hot item."
What don't you like about working at Avaya?
"Recent restructuring has left employee morale low and in need of a boost."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Management needs to start paying more attention to employees and less attention to the latest fad."
What do you like about working at Walmart?
"Challenging technical problems to solve, excellent co-workers in engineering, genius business counterparts"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be yourself, be prepared to be challenged, get ready for the time of your life!"
What don't you like about working at Walmart?
"After last year's re-org many good people left, and it became more political, would be nice if that 'left'. They unfortunately kept some really bad managers, let some very good ones go."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Make decisions about personnel based upon achievement of objectives. A tough-objective not achieved, is still not achieved -- stop rewarding people who merely 'try' to achieve tough objectives. If you are going to grade effort, then take resource levels into account as well."
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"Learn a tremenous amount about wireless technology."
What do you like about working at Motorola Mobility?
"Able to work on great products, technology and satisfaction getting products to consumers."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Need to have strong SW skills (i.e. Android, Java, C, C++), good communication and organization skills."
What don't you like about working at Motorola Mobility?
"Too many hours worked, and not enough flexibility on work schedules. Poor planning on new product portfolio."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Organize projects and people resources better. Need to a plan to create a stable SW platform that can be reuse on new programs."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Horrible"
What do you like about working at TiVo?
"Nothing really. Just waiting for the right opportunity to get the hell out of there."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"If you are looking for a company that knows what it does, with clear vision and strong leadership, look elsewhere."
What don't you like about working at TiVo?
"The company is a total mess. No leadership, upper manager is afraid to take decisions and make commitments, projects are never on time, status of projects is never clear, change development methodologies every year and still didn't get it right."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Fix all the things I mentioned in the question above."
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Software Engineering Manager
Remote - $180,000 - $220,000 per year
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