IT TAKES GREAT PEOPLE TO MAKE GREAT SOFTWARE

Why I Love Working Here: I love the friendly, collaborative atmosphere. Everyone is willing to help each other out and share knowledge, regardless of which team they're on.

How Does Counterpoint Support Your Growth: Managers work closely with their team, and "lead from the front". Everyone pulls their weight, and directly contributes to the clients' needs.

Favorite Counterpoint Event: Laser Tag was a ton of fun. Everyone got super into it, and I felt like a kid running around again.

Favorite Counterpoint memory: My favorite memories are the small, daily interactions with people. Everyone has a good sense of humor, and gets along well.

Why I Love Working Here: Over the past 3 years, the reasons why I love Counterpoint have evolved. It started with me loving the fun culture and great work-life balance, coupled with the ability to soak up knowledge from all of the talented programmers around me. As my career progressed, my priorities changed and I loved that Counterpoint was able to adapt with me. They provided me with roles that exposed me to new skills, valuable experience, and leadership opportunities. I have no doubts that Counterpoint will continue to adapt with me as I grow within the company.

How Does Counterpoint Support Your Growth: Counterpoint supports my career growth by keeping me in roles that expose me to new challenges and avoiding the trap of complacency. Within my current role, I feel like I am gaining experience in the full spectrum of software, from estimating sprints to providing full-stack solutions for all kinds of features. Gaining this holistic perspective makes me feel more equipped to decide my trajectory in the field of software development.

How does Counterpoint's leadership enable you to do your job: They allow me to make my own decisions and run my project independently but are always available should I need the guidance.

Favorite Counterpoint Event: The great Foos tournament of 2018

Why I Love Working Here: Counterpoint has allowed me to grow professionally by constantly encouraging me to utilize my strengths and find ways to innovate and improve. I think working at a smaller company has allowed me to experience a more dynamic and fast paced environment which is something that I enjoy - there is never a dull moment. But more importantly I think of Counterpoint as a family, I appreciate the fact that we all look out for each other and I’ve been able to build amazing friendships throughout the years.

How does Counterpoint's leadership enable you to do your job: I really value the fact that I feel trusted by leadership and have the opportunity to present projects and ideas to the executives. It makes me feel part of a team knowing that my voice is heard and that my ideas can generate an impact in Counterpoint.

Favorite Counterpoint Event: Holiday Party

Why I Love Working Here: There are two qualities that most people look for in a job, to have fun and to be challenged. Counterpoint delivers on both. Only at Counterpoint can I finish solving a complex problem to then sit at the lunch table and debate on whether a hot dog is a sandwich (it's not).

How does Counterpoint's leadership enable you to do your job: Everyone from project managers to executives have been extremely responsive and helpful when I have encountered issues. They are always clear about expectations from me and allow me to do my work without micromanaging.

Favorite Counterpoint Event: Hot Ones Challenge

What is your favorite Counterpoint memory: Foosball

Why I Love Working Here: Counterpoint cultivates a collaborative and fun work environment and offers excellent work/life balance (Unlimited PTO). You are surrounded by energetic and innovative coworkers who are always willing to offer help when needed.

How does Counterpoint help support your career growth: You get to learn and use a vast array of technologies and partake in full-stack development. I have only been here a short amount of time, but aside from my main project, I have also gotten to work on a proof of concept and an internal project which allowed me to learn new technologies.

How does Counterpoint's leadership enable you to do your job: My manager tries to involve me in all parts of the development life cycle and allow me to work on new and interesting tasks that help me grow as a developer. Senior devs are always there to guide you when you are exposed to new tasks so that you are not overwhelmed.

Favorite Counterpoint Event: Laser Tag

Years at Counterpoint: 1 Year

Why I Love Working Here: Counterpoint is a truly amazing place to work. Everyone is so passionate about their jobs and always willing to help others. We have a lot of fun company events but aside from that it's just a really great group of people who all genuinely want each other to succeed.

How Does Counterpoint Support Your Growth: I feel like I am trusted to do my job and not feel micromanaged. I'm able to be creative and have fun while still challenging myself to improve current procedures and foster an amazing office culture.

How Does Counterpoint's Leadership Enable You To Do Your Job: My supervisor has always encouraged me to run with any ideas I have and to push boundaries. I'm given a lot of flexibility to try new things and feel appreciated for my hard work.

Favourite Counterpoint Event: The Escape Room event was surprisingly fun - the team I was on had the fastest escape time!

Years at Counterpoint: 2 Years, 10 Months

Why I Love Working Here: I love working at Counterpoint because of the friendly colleagues, the great work-life balance and the job's challenges.

How Does Counterpoint Support Your Growth: Because of the dynamic projects and job assignments, I need to take on different roles. It helps me to improve my strengths and to overcome my fears and weaknesses.

How Does Counterpoint's Leadership Enable You To Do Your Job: I appreciate the space and the freedom I am given to make decisions, but also the available guidance when I need it. It makes me feel encouraged and motivated doing my job.

Favourite Counterpoint Event: Team Building

Years at Counterpoint: +2 years

Why I Love Working Here: It's a refreshing environment and doesn't let you get overwhelmed by your work.

How Does Counterpoint Support Your Growth: It has given me the time and opportunities to pursue my hobbies and potential careers outside of software development.

How Does Counterpoint's Leadership Enable You To Do Your Job: Everyone from the project managers to the CEOs is just a door knock away, but at the same time they aren't overbearing.

Favourite Counterpoint Event: Office Happy Hour

Class at Counterpoint Academy: Aug 2018

What do you think are the strengths of the Training Program? 
The program does a great job of getting new hires with different backgrounds and levels of coding experience up to speed with Counterpoint technology.

Who is your mentor? What are some of the benefits of the mentor program? 
My mentor is Saba. She's been a great resource for me. It's so helpful having someone to touch base with about both day-to-day questions and my long term career goals.

Class at Counterpoint Academy: Aug 2018

What do you think are the strengths of the Training Program? 
Coming from a non computer science background, I was a little nervous at first that I would struggle to keep up with some of the other trainees; however, the program broke things down for me in a way that was easy to understand and learn. One of the best strengths of the program is the collaborative learning environment fostered in each training class which really allows you to dig deeper and broaden your understanding of the lesson.

Who is your mentor? What are some of the benefits of the mentor program? 
Thanh is my mentor. The best benefit of the mentor program is having a resource within Counterpoint who you can reach out to with any questions you might have about anything Counterpoint related.

Class at Counterpoint Academy: Aug 2018

What do you think are the strengths of the Training Program? 
I was a computer science major in college and the information I learned about software development was pretty theoretical and compartmentalized. Counterpoint's training program is great because it focuses on building a really strong foundation of working knowledge across the stack. For me, this helped fill in the gaps in my understanding of web development that I didn't realize existed until I was trained from a holistic perspective. Counterpoint trains you to be a full-stack developer.

Who is your mentor? What are some of the benefits of the mentor program? 
Alex is my mentor. So far, the mentor program has been helpful for me in that it prescribes designated times for me to chat with a much more knowledgeable, senior employee about my career goals and any concerns I have had while transitioning from training to client project work.

Class at Counterpoint Academy: June 2018

What do you think are the strengths of the Training Program? 
The breadth (full-stack)

What are some of the benefits of the mentor program? 
Having a mentor is really helpful when first getting started since usually new employees tend to feel overwhelmed with everything they learn

Class at Counterpoint Academy: June 2018

What do you think are the strengths of the Training Program? 
Consolidating a lot of information

Who is your mentor? What are some of the benefits of the mentor program? 
Alex - Over time, the mentor gains an understanding of how best to explain things so that the mentee understands more clearly