Context here: I'm a PT who was a super user for ochin transition to Epic. I was in charge of handling all the creation of dot phrases and putting lists and smart phrases into dot phrases for each note template type. Yada yada yada.

I spent hours chugging away at this without even noticing one day.

So comes to the question... The act of doing that, making note templates out of smart phrases. What would that even be called? Whether in Epic or something completely different, I am thinking about getting into some programming(?) on the side for some extra cash. I found it so satisfying to do!

What would this task/job/position be called?

Took my assessment 3 weeks ago. Exactly on the 2-week mark last week, I received this email (attached) extending the timeline but asking about other offer deadlines.

I don't have other offers, so I haven't replied. My update is due next Monday.

Is the mention of competing deadlines a positive sign that I cleared the assessment threshold, or is this just a standard automated holding template to buy time?

NB: I'm confident I did really really well in the Assessment.

Thanks!

I was an IS who recently left Epic a few months ago, and I’ve had trouble verbalizing to people how it felt. A couple of days ago, I watched a film where the beginning of the story involves the main character being released from prison, and the following scenes display how he reintegrates with society years later. In that moment, I was hit with such an odd sense of de ja vu. Those scenes were exactly what it felt like to leave epic for a different job. I left Epic and had to learn what it was like to work at a normal company, and be a normal person, and I can’t name one thing about my current situation that’s worse than it was at Epic.

- I don’t time log at my current job. No one is watching me like a hawk. Your performance is based on the quality of your work, rather than how much you display your ability to sell your life to the company you work at.
- There are no PMCGIs. You know what the rest of the society does when they have some feedback for a coworker? They tell their coworker, directly!
- When my coworkers are sick or not feeling well, they simply do their work from home. They’re not forced use a meager bank of sick days or work from home time.
- It’s normal to take time out of your workday to eat lunch. And no, I don’t mean get your lunch and take it back to your office to keep working. I mean get lunch, eat it normally, have a conversation with a coworker, and then go back to work. When I first did this, I was so anxious, wondering if someone’s watching my desk. Turns out it’s a completely normal thing to do.
- People go travel with a reasonable amount of PTO!
- We get a bunch of federal holidays off. Did you know most people don’t come to work on Christmas Eve?

I needed to get this off my chest to people who will understand what I’m saying. For those of you not enjoying your lives there, keep fighting, and you’ll make your way out of Epic soon.

Has anyone transitioned from IS to QM and would be willing to share their experience?

I enjoy the technical side of IS, especially troubleshooting and solving problems, but I don’t love the project management and customer management aspects. I’m looking for a better work-life balance and tend to prefer having a defined set of responsibilities and tasks rather than the ambiguity and constantly shifting priorities that come with IS.

For those who have made the switch, how has your experience been and how did you approach the conversation with your TL? Do you find being a QM to be a better fit, and has the work-life balance been better?

Hey everyone, wanted to share my experience and get some advice.

I applied for the Project Manager role at Epic. The process for me was:

Rembrandt personality profile
Role introduction call
Proctored Sphinx skills assessment. Honestly had no idea how I did, but since I got invited to the final interview, I guess it went pretty decently.

Final virtual interview (about 3–4 hours). A company overview, info sessions on the PM role (and the Quality Manager role too), a group case study with other candidates, a 10-minute presentation on a topic of my choice with no slides, and a one-on-one with the recruiter. There was a 15-minute break halfway through, which was nice.
Honestly, I thought everything went really well. Everyone was super friendly, and I really clicked with my recruiter. A little over a week later I got the email saying they "decided to move forward with other candidates."

I've been ambitious about Epic since I was a kid, so it's a little disheartening, but it is what it is.

For anyone who's been through this:
Has anyone reapplied after not getting an offer from the final round? Is 6 months the right wait, and did it go differently the second time?

Should I try a different role (Quality Manager, TS, etc.) instead of PM again?

Any idea what usually separates offers from rejections at the final round?

Happy to answer questions about the process for anyone with an interview coming up. Good luck to everyone applying!

I’m looking at how admin work spreads across tools in practices of 5 to 50 people. Not selling anything. When a vendor asks to connect to athena, eCW, ModMed or Epic, what usually stops it: security review, cost, integration effort or staff trust? Would a person approving every action before it goes out change that? Who signed off the last tool you rolled out?

Nurse and Epic user for 15 years. Am I imagining things, or do you all really love cows? Epic cows are the Pokémon of my workday, love to capture a new one. The cow of Earth really cracks me up. It blows peoples minds when I point it out. 🤍🖤

I’m looking for some info about the Epic charts between Feb/March of 2021 to the end of 2021. Are there any TS people who was assigned to a hospital in CA or anywhere else where the patients COVID 19 vaccine status was either built into the COVID chart template or could not be documented as vaccinated showing there status as “unvaccinated” or “unknown” this was only happening specifically in the patient chats for COVID positive patients. Please help! TIA

Hey everyone,

For the last 3 months or so I’ve been getting messaged by a bunch of Epic recruiters about applying for the Infrastructure Engineer position. I found a little info online about the role and the interview process but a lot of it is from years ago and doesn’t really match up.

What’s the typical day to day like for new hires?

What’s the interview process like now?

I keep hearing the assessment is pretty hard. What’s actually on it these days?

So far I’ve been doing logic tests, some math practice, and LeetCode (mostly easy with some mediums). Not sure if that’s the right stuff to focus on or if I should be studying something else.

If I get this job it would honestly be life changing for me so I want to be as prepared as I can. Any info or recent experiences would really help. Thanks!

• the constant stream of sociopathic commentary in the form of "feedback"/PMGIs, despite it being well known that individuals in management are frequently unprofessional or difficult to work with
• the unrealistic expectations for 20-somethings fresh out of college
• the stated standard being perfection (we "don't tolerate mediocrity" after all 😀)
• rude or difficult customers who want you to just do their job for them
• asshole 26-year-olds who think they're the shit because they got promoted young, at a company where everyone gets promoted young
• working at a place that screens people with an iq test so everyone here is either smarter or more hard-working than you and you're constantly feeling inadequate and being compared to others
• constantly being tracked, watched, graded, etc.

Honestly fuck this I'm so beat. Management will in the same breath tell you not to take work home, but then criticize you for not taking work home. Throwaway acct for obvious reasons

Were any cafes open today, and will any be open tomorrow? Stuff is listed on the culinary site, but Mocha Mage was closed when i came in today (maybe i came too late?).

I just toured Epic and honestly fell in love with the campus. I even went ahead and looked at apartments! I can totally see myself living in Madison for the next few years, but of course the frequent horror stories and warnings are making me hesitate. For context, I’m a fresh grad who is still currently interviewing with two other companies (not even sure if I’d get an offer tho) and if I were to receive a decision it would be past the deadline for Epic’s offer. Kinda stuck and just need encouragement/ a wake up call for my next move. The two other jobs would have lower pay but I’d save on rent. Any insight would be appreciated :”) my start date would be in Jan

Just walked by a massive coyote heading back to my car over in farm campus and thought I’d share some pictures! Very pretty, but stay safe if you’re walking on that side of campus!

I just had the first round interview for the PM position on the phone. I'm not sure that I did too well on the assessment. Do you know if they look more at the assessment or how you did during the interview? Do they hire a lot of PMs?

Well, I finally got the dreaded rejection letter from Epic.

Does anyone know if there's realistically a chance of getting hired after being rejected? I've heard you can reapply after 6 months, but I'm curious if anyone has actually been successful the second time around.

I know I didn't do well on the assessment, so I'm also wondering if they'd make me retake it or just use my previous results.

Hi guys, I'm trying to decide whether to accept my SD offer at Epic and there's a couple remaining details which will influence my choice. I'm deciding between this position and a more specialized ML/Vision role at a defense contractor. I'm trying to decide whether to generalize with Epic or take the depth option, which I'm fairly certain my clearance would get denied hence I'd only have about a year of work there, mostly on OSS toolkits in C++. Epic removes that looming stress and gives me 2-3y. There's other factors into my decision of course, but I want to compare career paths of both options.

Anyways, I'm looking for information about where SDs go after Epic. I know Epic's tech stack is more proprietary/older so I wonder if that would dig me into a pit over time. Would/should I work on external projects while at Epic to keep skills sharp? What practical skills does Epic teach? I've heard Epic is a FAANG feeder, but once again I wonder how impactful Epic actually is on my resume for places like that. What career outlooks can I expect after spending 2-3 years at Epic and what would I accomplish during that time? How would I set myself up for success in those paths?

Also, curious if there's any recommendations into what projects/teams I should go into (pending how much choice I have).

EDIT: I really liked what I heard about Epic at the final interview and I would enjoy the domain, I just don't view Madison and Epic in general as a long-term home.

Given that we’ll be paid January 1st, makes me wonder.

Hey all! I’m looking to move into a house around May. Ideally 20 minutes from Epic and around 2500/Month.

Could be a duplex, townhome our SFH. The thing I’m most picky about is it needs a 2 car garage.

It’s just me and my partner (both epic), looking for a place to rent for the next 4ish years. Let me know if you need more details or are interested in renting to us!

Hi, I have been in the Epic’s Infrastructure Engineer hiring process for the past few weeks. I got invited to take the Honorlock assessment and I took it on October 5, exactly 2 weeks ago from today. I still haven’t heard anything back from them yet except the email saying they received my assessment.

Does this mean I am probably not getting an interview since it’s been 2 weeks? I’ve been counting days just because I’m very confident that I did well on all sections in the assessment. Probably should just wait, just wanted to reach out and see if there are other people in the same boat as me.

Hello all, I am a university student in the interview process for Epic, and my research is in a sensitive sector and funded by a private company, so it is NDA protected. I am very apprehensive about needing to download the honorlock desktop application given the extensive permissions it requires. I am generally not a fan of giving many applications that level of permissions anyways, let alone with proprietary info on my computer. I have everything stored in an encrypted drive, but there is of course still the risk of sensitive communications coming through and being screen recorded etc. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Is Epic HR willing to budge in this type of situation, given I explain the circumstances? I do not really want to go through the process of setting up dual boot and I am too broke right now to go buy a separate computer for this. Or should I just risk it for the biscuit and hope I don’t end up in court 😅

Title. Did you feel like the work was meaningful/technically challenging/you learned a lot?

What was the quality of your peers like?

Would love to hear!

I’m a senior environmental engineering student at UW Madison. Throughout my coursework I was exposed to some basic coding, and became interested in software engineering/development. There’s a bunch of reasons I really want this role but I won’t go into it as it’s not super relevant.

My plan is as follows: From now through February, take an online intro to CS class (Harvard posts theirs online for free), self-teach C# and TS (as much as possible in this limited time frame), practice LeetCode. Build at least one real project in one of these languages.

Here’s what I have going for me and against me

Pros: High gpa engineering degree from UW, ability to focus on just epic rather than a bunch of companies, engineering internship experience.

Cons: irrelevant degree, high competition, limited time to learn required skills, lack of foundational education/theory.

Basically I’m wondering if I could become a semi-competitive candidate by February? Would I even be considered for an interview without any CS education?

I may be drastically underestimating the time required to learn those languages and become competent enough to do well on the assessment….. but I picked up python very easily and I’m willing to put alot of time into it.

Feel free to call me crazy for even thinking I would have a chance lol.