Pros
- The engineers here tend to be really good. The senior engineers are the best and brightest I've worked with. The junior ones are also very sharp and have lots of potential. - Some really interesting technical problems to work on -- lots of fun, challenging, and interesting work. - In addition to being smart, the people are generally great to get along with. - Cash compensation is good for this market. Benefits are decent. And equity has a chance to be worth a lot. - Transparency and meritocracy are strong values (much better than typical corporate culture). - Great mission, lots of passion for helping small businesses and generally improving commerce. - Cool office space (SF has amazing space, a shuffleboard table, and a pool table. ATL has a cool space, nice bar, and a ping-pong table.)
Cons
- We're not yet great at remote collaboration (video conferencing, etc). This can make it hard, being outside of SF (though things have been constantly improving since I've been here -- it was really bad when I first started). - Sometimes there are techno-politics to deal with. Engineers are diverse in opinions (which is great!). But there seem to be a lot of ideologists and fewer pragmatists (not great!) - Roller coaster ride based on press coverage. (It's been more negative press recently I think, which is saddening, especially since so much of it is inaccurate.)
