I'm sure it depends entirely on what area of the org you work in but in my opinion GS is not a good place for most programmers. The bulk of their programmers will be supporting applications (not writing sophisticated trading software) and in that area career progression seemed to be shockingly slow from what I could tell.

I interviewed at GS years ago and I ended up declining the job mid interview when I realized it would likely be years before I worked back up into a role where I'd have control over designing more complex systems. In short, GS seemed particularly good at pumping out sub-par code monkeys.