My buddy quit a senior developer role day 1 at Walmart labs because they sat him down and presented him with the task of doing nothing but technical writing.
I worked there, I find this story hard to believe, though I left after Dion/Ben left, and the paypal mafia came in with their button downs tucked into their khaki's, and Jira became more important than actual technology, and the culture was taking a nosedive fast.
Still, I can't imagine the culture falling that far in two years. Their was tons of meaty dev work being done. And day 1? Maybe they were just trying to ease him into the team? This might have been an effective Mr. Miyagi type move to help him get a greater understanding of how all the pieces work together.
This story smells bad, I would be interested to hear more details.
There was tons of exciting work being done, apparently. Lots of promise of opportunities to plug away on a hot react frontend, scores of talented teams that sort of thing. I'm sure it is happening like that.
But they were plugging holes as fast as they could with contract recruiters that were throwing whatever would stick. I didn't even get to meet my team before I had an offer in hand.
From mine and his experience, whatever department that was (an ecommerce frontend), seems chaotic, with massive turnover.
