Pros
I came to Pinterest to learn. I have learned at a much faster rate than anticipated for a few reasons.
1) People are incredibly talented. My manager and peers are best-in-class. I learn how products are built the 'right' way.
2) Culture of collaboration. My projects require deep cross-functional coordination. Everyone is onboard with this and is willing to help and lend support where needed. I don't get the "schedule time with me next week" thing -- if I have a question, someone will take the time to help.
3) People are genuinely nice. It's amazing how much you can accomplish and learn when you don't have to worry about self-promoting, ego-driven a-holes. I love that folks are low-drama, mission-driven, and marching in the same direction.
Along with the professional development, I've also thoroughly enjoyed many other aspects of the job / company culture.
1) Leadership is very strong. Ben is a very inspiring, conscientious, intelligent CEO.
2) Pinterest cares about diversity. Like, actually cares. It's not propaganda -- we are a thought leader in the industry and it shows in the makeup of folks we hire.
3) Work-life balance is great. Folks are focused and GSD. But there's not an expectation that you need to kill yourself.
4) Perks :) Food, snacks, games, gym, music room, +++
Cons
I disagree with a few of the product "bets" that we are making. The company has a huge growth trajectory -- we've reached product-market fit and there's low-hanging fruit everywhere. We can grow 2-4x by just investing more in what we're already doing. Every company needs to innovate, but I worry that we are too focused on disruptive innovation when we could be focusing more on bringing our core product to more people, in more locales.
