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Around here we have Epic. If you want a good scare, look up their corporate Willy Wonka-esq jail/campus and their policy of zero remote work.

Liquix 1y ago
I thought "Willy Wonka-esque" was tongue in cheek, but they have a yellow brick road leading up to the front door... absolutely bizarre Those who want to escape the office altogether, can hop on one of the company’s 600 cow-print bikes to take meetings from a treehouse, slide down a rabbit hole or grab lunch in a train car. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical-campus-a-world-away-from-wall-street-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical...
- emchammer 1y ago
  They don’t seem to call themselves a family. That’s a plus.
- Izkata 1y ago
  > but they have a yellow brick road leading up to the front door... > The Oz office building on Epic’s campus. You undersell it.. That's the view of the Emerald City from Quadling Country in the books, red flowers included.
bongodongobob 1y ago
Their hiring is insane too. Years ago I applied for a Sys admin I position. After 3 rounds of interviews, they gave me a test to take. Except it was something you'd give a senior dev. They specced out a fake language, super esoteric too, it was like a combination of brainfuck and assembly, and asked me to solve problems with it, and debug code written in it. I could have toughed my way through it, but I was so dissatisfied with how much of my time they'd already wasted that I decided I didn't want to work there.
- therein 1y ago
  I remember my friend was looking at applying Epic. They asked him to send his SAT scores. We had a good chuckle about it. He had finished undergrad 5+ years prior and had continuous industry experience.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  That sounds like a filter selecting for people without any self esteem but mad programming chops. Good you passed.
- BeFlatXIII 1y ago
  You sure it was a fake language and not just ANSI MUMPS?
simulator5g 1y ago
I've been to that campus. Never worked there but I got a tour when I was like 18 and it seemed like a cool place to work at the time. They clearly took a page from Google's handbook. Its like a giant adult daycare center.

Liquix 1y ago

I thought "Willy Wonka-esque" was tongue in cheek, but they have a yellow brick road leading up to the front door... absolutely bizarre Those who want to escape the office altogether, can hop on one of the company’s 600 cow-print bikes to take meetings from a treehouse, slide down a rabbit hole or grab lunch in a train car. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical-campus-a-world-away-from-wall-street-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical...

emchammer 1y ago
They don’t seem to call themselves a family. That’s a plus.
Izkata 1y ago
> but they have a yellow brick road leading up to the front door... > The Oz office building on Epic’s campus. You undersell it.. That's the view of the Emerald City from Quadling Country in the books, red flowers included.

bongodongobob 1y ago

Their hiring is insane too. Years ago I applied for a Sys admin I position. After 3 rounds of interviews, they gave me a test to take. Except it was something you'd give a senior dev. They specced out a fake language, super esoteric too, it was like a combination of brainfuck and assembly, and asked me to solve problems with it, and debug code written in it. I could have toughed my way through it, but I was so dissatisfied with how much of my time they'd already wasted that I decided I didn't want to work there.

therein 1y ago
I remember my friend was looking at applying Epic. They asked him to send his SAT scores. We had a good chuckle about it. He had finished undergrad 5+ years prior and had continuous industry experience.
jacquesm 1y ago
That sounds like a filter selecting for people without any self esteem but mad programming chops. Good you passed.
BeFlatXIII 1y ago
You sure it was a fake language and not just ANSI MUMPS?

simulator5g 1y ago

I've been to that campus. Never worked there but I got a tour when I was like 18 and it seemed like a cool place to work at the time. They clearly took a page from Google's handbook. Its like a giant adult daycare center.