Back when I was leaving school and looking for a job, I came across Epic and MUMPS.
From what I read, MUMPS is actually very performant. Although other companies use it, Epic is the giant. Epic was considered a decent company to work at - good reviews, good work/life balance. The downside is mastering technologies that no one else would value. Or so everyone thought. The reality was that if you become well versed in MUMPS and the Epic stack, a lot of hospitals would pay good amounts of money to you - a lot more than what Epic paid.[1] The only catch was that Epic had a 1 year non-compete clause.
At the time I considered them, they were starting to develop stuff with Visual C++ and .NET, so there was a chance you'd learn more transferable skills.
Fun story: The first time I encountered them at a career fair, I knew nothing about them. I was a grad student. At the booth, they asked me my SAT and GRE scores and were crazy impressed, and immediately booked me for their "entrance exam". At the time (perhaps even now), all candidates had to do a written exam - they'd arrange for the university to conduct it. The exam was mostly assessing logical skills, etc. No advanced material.
I didn't know anything about Epic at the time, and was extremely turned off by anyone being so easily impressed by things like SAT scores. I didn't bother to go through with it. I was studying an advanced degree, and wanted to work for a place that was not so superficial.
Fast forward a semester later when I really needed a job. I researched Epic and it actually didn't feel so bad. I felt I would easily ace their logic exam. So I applied to them. This time, though, they made me do an online behavioral screen first. The type where they ask questions like "Are you more of a X or Y?" where you feel you're neither X nor Y. Apparently I flunked that test and they didn't invite me to take the logic test. Bummer.
[1] Not FAANG level money, but still a lot more than industry average, and a relatively cushy job with you being treated as "the expert".
heard this is no longer the case with the pandemic. Apparently the CEO had some questionable perspectives on COVID for someone who managed health tech. None of my friends who had jobs there made it through covid without quitting or watching their team quit.
Anecdotally, their recruiting is a mess and the IQ test type interviewing is very common for them instead of FAANG style interviews. I reached out to them at a career fair and they laughed at me and told me I was unqualified because by resume said "medical engineering with a focus on software" and said they only wanted software engineering. That day I re-wrote my resume to say "CS with a focus on medical tech" (I was formally un-declared as a student at the time) and the same person who threw out my resume offered to interview me - I declined.
* I also would later graduate with a degree in computers not medicine, in large part due to that interaction, despite forming a very negative perception of that recruiters behavior.
What do you find to be a mess about weird IQ tests compared to FAANG interviews?
From my brief time working there, it seems their recruitment pipeline is wonky for the devs while the support staff are open to applicants of any and all backgrounds (provided they can pass the IQ tests)
From what I read, MUMPS is actually very performant. Although other companies use it, Epic is the giant. Epic was considered a decent company to work at - good reviews, good work/life balance. The downside is mastering technologies that no one else would value. Or so everyone thought. The reality was that if you become well versed in MUMPS and the Epic stack, a lot of hospitals would pay good amounts of money to you - a lot more than what Epic paid.[1] The only catch was that Epic had a 1 year non-compete clause.
At the time I considered them, they were starting to develop stuff with Visual C++ and .NET, so there was a chance you'd learn more transferable skills.
Fun story: The first time I encountered them at a career fair, I knew nothing about them. I was a grad student. At the booth, they asked me my SAT and GRE scores and were crazy impressed, and immediately booked me for their "entrance exam". At the time (perhaps even now), all candidates had to do a written exam - they'd arrange for the university to conduct it. The exam was mostly assessing logical skills, etc. No advanced material.
I didn't know anything about Epic at the time, and was extremely turned off by anyone being so easily impressed by things like SAT scores. I didn't bother to go through with it. I was studying an advanced degree, and wanted to work for a place that was not so superficial.
Fast forward a semester later when I really needed a job. I researched Epic and it actually didn't feel so bad. I felt I would easily ace their logic exam. So I applied to them. This time, though, they made me do an online behavioral screen first. The type where they ask questions like "Are you more of a X or Y?" where you feel you're neither X nor Y. Apparently I flunked that test and they didn't invite me to take the logic test. Bummer.
[1] Not FAANG level money, but still a lot more than industry average, and a relatively cushy job with you being treated as "the expert".