4.0
Jul 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros
Mathematica is a company that was founded by academics and researchers, and bought back from its previous owners in the 1980s. The result is an ESOP with a fantastic ownership culture and more flexibility than you could find anywhere else. Work is project-based, where you could be working on 3-6 separate teams, juggling the workload yourself. This allows for a lot of autonomy both in how you work and what you work on.
Cons
Recent contract cancellations have stagnated growth, and the company is slow to pivot. Unnecessary bureaucracy worsens this.
