Pros
Salaries were competitive. Codebase was left in good shape by the departing engineering team. I don't have to work there anymore.
Cons
I joined a vibrant, high-performing engineering team that was transitioning to a new phase after this startup was purchased by private equity to form a new group of companies (Sigma 7) in the threat/risk space. Sadly, a total lack of defined or coherent strategy from the top down over the last two years slowly degraded our ability to achieve any worthwhile product discovery or engineering. This and other contract losses led to the engineering team and other product-related teams being let go to save money. Such a shame. I expect the rot to continue, as those in charge only seem to be interested in protecting their own positions.
