Pros
There are a lot of pros in working at Zippin, I learnt a lot from the leadership there - The chief scientist is an innovator: he has a groundbreaking thesis titled "The denominator solution to your ML model: how removing datapoints you don't like gets us 100% accuracy" - The CTO is an exemplary example of unquestionable loyalty. Anyone else in his position would have not continued working for such founders, but he has been doing it and continues to do so. I did not get the logic of many things they did, but I am not as smart as the two founders and the CTO. - The founder is amazing at managing people: he is easily able to train and excite 100s of people sitting remotely to do some very boring stuff. He along with the chief scientist, I think are going to open a new paradigm of computing: "remote human button clicking based AI"
Cons
The problem was with me, I was not as loyal as the CTO and had my personal pride and ethics come in the way. I think the kool-aid could be stronger, people seem to be leaving this amazing startup for no apparent reason.