Pros
Since working at LinkSquares, I've been blown away by the culture of this engineering org. Every peer I've encountered is incredibly pleasant to work with, always willing to sacrifice their time to help you with something you're working on, and INTERESTING. It's pretty rare to find this combination in my experience. From a managerial perspective, there have been some bumps in the road, but everyone at the top level actively seeks out feedback on how to improve, and gives employees free reign to explore their ideas (as long as your pitch is solid). There's a lot of tech debt here, but the speed at which it's starting to be resolved is pretty exciting. In terms of career growth, I think there are boundless opportunities here. I've found my managers to always be focused on helping me succeed, and I've seen both low level and high level ICs bounce around roles and get promotions based on their career goals. I'm not saying promotions are going out to everyone, but it seems like if you're considered of high value to the team, you WILL be rewarded. Unfortunately, that can be pretty rare in this industry, but I've been pleasantly surprised to find it here.
Cons
Sometimes management can be slow to make decisions, but in my experience, that's due to not packaging my pitch correctly. Build prototypes, have a strong business case, and usually you'll find nothing but support. Knowledge silos are a real problem here, but everyone is actively doing their best to improve cross-team communication, and the future looks bright in terms of building a codebase and documentation that will make this much less of an issue.