Pros
Great co-workers and managers! As an employee owned company many people are exceptionally hard workers. When someone enjoys what they do it doesn’t seem like work. I’ve worked all over the country, for both governments and corporations; Moore Engineering is the first place I’ve worked where co-workers and managers regard you as family, and not as a number. The best parts of working for an employee owned company, is 1st the harder you work the better the company does, and 2nd ingenuity isn’t stifled. There is an idea for a new market we could get into. Once a prototype is created on my own time, it will be demoed to management. The company has many fun events for its employees as well as gives A LOT back to the community.
Cons
Fast growing, as the only programmer in the company get pulled around a lot between different programming languages. In programming there are easy way to do things, but the ‘cool’ things take time to develop. Many times I’ve explained what is possible in the code, and many times they choose the most difficult features. The result is a very powerful/cool program. Creating a ‘cool’ program from scratch is difficult, but so worth it when it is completed and you can take pride in your work. There are somedays getting these ‘cool’ programming features implemented turns the mind into mush. (Granted this is probably my own fault for telling managers something is possible)