Pros
A tight knit community of incredibly intelligent and creative individuals. I never felt uncomfortable working with any other player on the team, and everyone is incredibly agile in the way they work. The office space is great, and employees are respected (flexible time off and work from home when necessary, stocked kitchen, HTC Vive and other gaming fun for lunch or after work, etc etc). The benefits package for health, dental, vision, and 401k were shockingly awesome for a company of that size.
Cons
Not cons at all, but instead, expectations you should have going in to a job with GJ: - Be ready to work in a very independent environment. Your ideas will be valued, and likely awesome. Create, but never be afraid to ask questions of your peers. Learn the specific roles of each person on the team (sales, QA, Unity dev, back end dev, modeler, videographer, etc) and figure out who to go to with which questions you have. - Do not be afraid to contribute to creative discussions, and do not be upset or offended if your idea isn't the right one for a particular project. The best idea is always implemented, and oftentimes your seed of an idea that is initially rejected will be changed and blossom in to the best solution. - Client needs are always first, so respect their ideas even if they don't seem to click. Many clients are open to our creative suggestions (my favorite type of client) but if they have something oddly specific in mind, get it done! - Be ready to drink from a firehose! You will hit the ground running, but you have a crew of individuals who will happily support you during those likely confusing first months.
