Yandex reviews

- great people - great projects (if you are lucky) - great opportunities (if you are lucky and smart and good at networking and self pr) - great atmosphere - great experience

I can't really imagine a better company in Russia and I always have a very warm and nostalgic feeling when remembering the period when I worked at Yandex. * Interesting and challenging problems with large impact * Very little pressure in most groups - there's rarely a formal deadline * This means you can often do a lot of experimentation in the direction you like - you will usually NOT be forced to implement a quick-and-dirty solution * Lots of super-smart people around * All the code is open to everybody in the company, so you can e.g. read some crazy stuff from the core search algorithms and learn a lot. * Everybody is friends with everybody. It's a joy to come to work and just talk to people. * A huge amount of intra-company communication infrastructure that's very actively used: mailing lists (with search), messenger, a wiki about EVERYTHING, "100 facts about everybody", people directory etc. It really helps A LOT to jump on the board or just to creep around and learn more about who is who and what's going on in the company. * Many of the mailing lists are cross-team (e.g. for java developers in general) and they're active * Teams are very open. You can talk to anybody; you can send a suggestion to their mailing list and they'll respond, etc. * Good infrastructure - e.g. crazy stuff for load testing * The company is constantly collaborating with universities and helping host educational events. You can be proud to be part of a company that's having such a HUGE impact on education. * Beautiful offices with on-site everything: food, sports equipment and instructors, english lessons, library, showers, games etc