Pros
- all pros, which apply to working in bodyshop - relocation opportunities - nice people, really - good for lower to mid level developers
Cons
- all cons, which apply to working in bodyshop - you will work on cr**py, messy, support projects, dropped to bodyshop by companies, which couldn't convince their own developers to support this AMAZING software :) Nothing personal, just business. - different locations from good to bad. you never know in advance. - no way to grow beyond mid developer. You even may have difficulties selling this experience later, because of really old tools/environments/approaches. - expect lot of politics. if you strongly dislike that - think twice. - salaries significantly below market. Beware, greedy guys :) - in general, it's classic company, build by management, for management, with little IT involved.