Epic Software Developer reviews

Weather; it's really cold in the winter. The job is frustrating, which seems to be more of documentation stuff and less of programming. Some managers like setting unrealistic goals which can't be met unless you are willing to work overtime for which you probably won't get paid for.

Experience largely depends on your manager and his/her manager - some teams have reasonable expectations for work load, others do not. Its easy to find yourself overwhelmed. Epic's response to typically to blame poor time management on your part. Software is fragile and poorly designed. This is partly because of the programming languages (a lot of MUMPS and VB6). Its also partly because Epic's developers, while generally very bright, aren't very experienced (and often don't even have a background in software development). So you end up with this immense code base filled with "newbie" mistakes - poor design decisions, no documentation, subtle but dangerous bugs. Its very difficult to be productive and innovative when this is what you have the work with. Don't expect to grow as a software developer at Epic. Our end users don't really like our software, and resent having to use it. Epic's only pays lip service to addressing any of these concerns. Company culture is weird - a lot of corporate naivete and arrogance. Generally treat employees like children - you'll feel like your back in middle school.