Cadence Design Systems reviews

no learning, no job security, politics at peek. fake culture and position no vision, mechanical work 80%

- Lots of legacy software with extremely poor or no documentation, especially from acquisitions - Often re-inventing the wheel because there is little inter-team communication or design standard across the company. You'll find software written in almost every language, sometimes the same functionality across codebases. Each team almost feels like its own company, which makes sense given the acquisitions - Bureaucracy often stifles development time and design decisions - Many people in leadership positions do not seem to understand the product(s) they work on, either because they were outside hires or don't have enough technical experience - Questionable decisions made by VP-level leadership, often at the detriment of the products they affect - Feels like the company would rather rest on its laurels than innovate. They spend more money on marketing and sales than engineering -- which by itself wouldn't be an issue if they were clearly a front runner but they aren't even #1 in the EDA sector.