Excellent benefits, poor career advancement for developers - Software Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Dec 4, 2015
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Pros

Excellent benefits if you have a family. Boeing has offices in many places and it's pretty easy to change jobs.

Cons

Boeing is a hardware company that also writes software. That means most management is trained for and think in terms of hardware, so they do little to keep up with current software trends or best practices. There is no real career track for software development. It is very hard to get past level III without taking a management position. Consequently, there are also very few experienced developers to work with and learn from. Additionally, since they are a defence contractor funding is tied to contracts and you have to track hours and charge to the correct number. Some software products that are used by multiple contracts are given very little overhead and this causes developers to have to charge to several different numbers on a daily basis.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Easy going, nice benefits, free further education (masters/PhD). Great for an engineer starting out who needs to dip their feet in the pool of engineering for a few years and to get a great 401(k) match at the start of your career (compounding growth). Great for late stage career due to the benefits and solid enough pay in a low cost of living area

Cons

pay-scale lagging, no emphasis on learning new things, no punishment for people who are bad at their job. After working for 4 years, I feel like I should have jumped ship after 2. I haven't been given meaningful work that really challenges me in a while. Now I feel pigeonholed into staying because I have enough years of experience that I really should be considered senior, but I haven't been given work that reflects what I senior engineer should be capable of. Now I'm trying to jump ship before it's really too late. If I stay here another 2 years I think I will be genuinely unemployable and will have to stay at this company forever.

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