Pros
-Remote-first, WFH stipend, decent PTO, Great Place to Work Certified.
-Not too woke for a CA company.
-Recently went private which hopefully will be a good thing.
-Good work-life balance, I never work more than 40/week.
-If you like AI-assisted development, Github Copilot (for everyone) and Claude Code (for seniors) are provided.
-They haven't had layoffs since 2024.
Cons
-Revolving door of upper leadership. Brand new CTO; who knows what he'll do?
-Many dev teams are majority cheap offshore contractors. Minimal feeling of being on a team; I don't know most of my coworkers. No teambuilding activities.
-Reliance on poor metrics like code coverage and velocity. Managing by metrics and dashboards.
-Minimal salary raises.
-CEO sends out motivational "rah rah" emails every Friday.
-Disconnect between what developers are experiencing and what upper management thinks is going on.
-Company is going "all in" on AI, and have unrealistic expectations of what AI can accomplish. Like they think they can get A-level work out of C-level developers through AI usage. AI fatigue is real.
-Not all managers are emotionally intelligent or even technically adept.