Pros
- In depth, one on one mentorship. I was able to talk about any problem that I had - technical, emotional, personal - while feeling not judged and completely safe. - The entire company is a community. I don't think I ever spoke to someone that didn't like coming to work in the morning. Even when things were really tough, a sort of camraderie permeated throughout the entire organization. It's the sort of feeling you get when you're on a team and no matter how far down you fall, you know that someone on it has your back. - The benefits and pay are the best I've ever seen. I've had a short career, but I feel like everyone had their fair shot at doing well. Our Sales teams could make as much as our technical development teams. If anyone fell on hard times, everyone pitched in to help one another. - The culture. No amount of money can buy that sort of commitment. You need leadership that people feel they can depend on. You need people that want to earnestly help one another. That sort of thing is built, not bought. - Huge advancement in technical talent. I was decent when I joined the company - I feel like they turned me into a rock star. A lot of people get this impression that you cannot work for a good company outside of what people consider canonical tech hubs. This company proved to me that they cannot have been more wrong.
Cons
Your greatest enemy working here will be yourself. When things get difficult, you will truly have to ask yourself if things aren't going the way you planned because of the company, or because you yourself are resisting your own growth.