Epic Software Development Team Lead reviews

I like to think of Epic as a company that does what makes sense, and not what corporate conventional wisdom would dictate. Good opportunities for growth, lots of responsibility, good financial rewards, good benefits. I've been gone >5 years, not sure how well mgmt has kept the ship upright given the massive growth. There had already been a loss of stability and culture by the time I left. Epic is a company I still believe in and root for. It's now a "big scary corporation" but I still see it as made up of amazingly bright individuals who are Doing Good and changing the world.

- High quality talent What I liked most about Epic was the quality of the people I worked with. Nearly every person I worked with at Epic was incredibly intelligent and competent at what they did. I was able to learn a ton from the more experienced developers around me and never really had to worry about someone I was working with dropping the ball. Moreover, everyone is always willing to take time to lend a hand if you ever need help with anything and people are generally pretty cool. - Breadth of responsibility I'm the type of person who likes to have my hands on many aspects of a project. At Epic, software developers are expected* to do front end dev, back end dev, UX design, requirements analysis, and customer interaction. Going back to the first point, you have the opportunity to learn to do all of these things quite well if you apply yourself. I think this is somewhat rare, especially for large companies where roles are generally more specialized. * This will vary by which team you are put on and what your interests are. E.g. if you hate/aren't good at UX, you won't be forced to do it and it won't hinder your success at Epic. - Work-life balance During my time at Epic, even as a TL, I averaged about 45 hours a week. I think Epic has a reputation for making people work crazy long hours mostly based on the implementer role (which I won't speak to). - Campus Kind of goes without saying at this point as it's been said so much. I SO miss the cafeteria(s). - Madison While not very big, Madison is a pretty cool city to live in, often showing up in top-N lists of best places to live for young professionals. Epic is about a 25 minute drive from downtown.