The way Pivotal Labs works is that people who don't buy into the whole culture tend to migrate out pretty quickly. The ones that do buy in, stay around for a lo

The way Pivotal Labs works is that people who don't buy into the whole culture tend to migrate out pretty quickly. The ones that do buy in, stay around for a long time, learn things inside and out, and end up getting farmed out to places like yours. So you generally get the best of the best on consulting agreements like that. I've heard some horror stories about Pivotal as well. Not everyone or every project was perfect. Their pricing is also insane. I'm sure your company paid through the roof for what you got. But overall, the general education that I got there for how to run projects and build products is hands down the best thing I've ever learned in software engineering. It is funny, they don't teach that sort of stuff in schools as much as they focus on just teaching you how to code. Oh and PT is hands down better than Jira, but that is a low bar since Jira is really shit. That said, it isn't necessarily about the tool, but how you use it. PT can be used for good as well as evil and knowing how to write stories, point them properly and manage them, is a learned skill.