Workplace reviews and discussion: 柏媒網絡科技有限公司

Some time ago, I briefly worked at this company. I applied for a backend engineer position.

The monthly salary was pretty good, but they did not offer bonuses for the three traditional holidays or a year-end bonus, so on an annual basis it was actually just average.

The only real advantage I can mention is that you can learn a little English. That's it.

I consider myself an experienced backend engineer. I have handled websites for game companies serving 180,000 users simultaneously, and I also have experience organizing and planning the overall server and database architecture for a publicly listed company.

I originally applied because I thought I would be able to make use of my abilities, but once I joined, I ended up dragging and assembling WordPress pages!

As a backend engineer, to be honest, I am not very capable on the frontend side; visual and interface-related work is extremely difficult for me...

I suggested to the boss that we not use WordPress and that I write the program myself, as well as hire a professional frontend engineer. With just two people, I could build whatever I wanted... But the boss believed WordPress was “faster.” Honestly, whether in terms of development or the amount of traffic the site could handle later on, my own development would definitely be 100% better than assembling it with WordPress.

Overall, the experience was pretty terrible; they were not sure what kind of person they needed.

They said they wanted a frontend engineer who could turn designs into code, but insisted on hiring a “graphic” designer instead....

They would provide you with just a single image for the webpage, thinking that a backend engineer could turn that image into a webpage... It was really quite ridiculous.