An awesome place, for the right person - Anonymous employee Applied Minds Employee Review

5.0
8 Jul 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will get the chance to work on cutting edge projects with the potential to have an impact. There are lots of really smart people here, who are generally happy to share their knowledge and work together. It somewhat depends on exactly what team you are on, and how closely Bran is involved in your projects, but generally people here have a great deal of autonomy in terms of how they get their work done. No micromanaging, and no bureaucracy. Need to have good time management skills. Team size is small, and expectations for what you need to accomplish are high. Lots of opportunities for direct interactions with clients, even for junior employees. There is an incredibly diverse set of projects here, tons of things to learn, and you will never be bored.

Cons

Need to be self-directed, management is pretty uneven (some are not even in the same city). Some of the processes here are quirky and inefficient. Pay is decent, but other benefits are sub-par.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
4 Oct 2015
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Pros

This place is all about dazzling people on a superficial level and that has its appeal, for a limited period of time. There are some exceptionally talented people who work here. If you're on the right project you learn research, prototyping, and presentation skills that you wouldn't learn at a more traditional engineering shop. Appealing combination of design, engineering and invention that you won't find at many other places.

Cons

There is a cult of personality at this place around the company's leaders that suffocates the ability of senior-level technical staff to advance in their careers. Abuse and strong pecking order are a part of the culture here. Be prepared to work all-nighters and then get yelled at the next day. For junior folks, you won't find good mentorship here. There is almost no set of interests someone might have that would lead me to recommend working at this place. If you want to do applied research, work at a real R&D organization like SRI, Microsoft Research, etc. If you want to build stuff, work at Google, Facebook.

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