Pros
If you're in San Diego, you'll *probably* have a cool office (if you get to work in it). You'll have a job, which is saying something these days. Many colleagues will try their best to improve relationships and culture, and you will *probably* meet a lot of smart, kind people here. You'll get a Udemy license (*probably*).
Cons
The state of things: Developers have to own every feature on websites, which is fine, except they are given unrealistic timelines which are pushed by leadership. They produce so much value for clients, and they are treated as expendable assets by everyone above them. Most people in the company don't understand what developers have to deal with in terms of time pressure and terrible task organization. Many clients don't listen and make your life more difficult as they don't take the time to understand your documentation. They urge all of us to hit 87-90% of billable hours, which again, would be fine if we had a consistent, organized way of handling tasks. We recently switched to JIRA, and most people simply don't know how to use it efficiently. I find myself spending 2-3x the time I used to spend on admin time, but with a lot less time 'allowed' by leadership to do such work. It's stressful to say the least. If you're a prospective BVA developer, know this: You *probably* won't advance, since they have been hiring outside the org for seniors and lead developers. If you happen to work at Mirum/Wunderman, you're in luck - they'd probably love to bring you in to replace one of our other devs. /s You'll *probably* go at least a year before seeing any kind of raise. Many devs are currently on their way out because they've gone over a year without compensation adjustments - unless of course you count our month-long COVID pay decrease (-15%) which was coupled with being asked to 'work harder'. All learning and development will need to be extracurricular, and you will *probably* get pigeonholed into projects that only use legacy jQuery, or Vue if you're lucky. There is a lot of "talk" about future initiatives to move the tech stack forward, but little has come to fruition unless there is a client to pay for it outright. Internal improvements aren't billable, so you're better off spending your hours outside of work on personal projects and bolstering your portfolio/interview skills. You will *probably* be burnt out within a year, especially if the org stays remote. The culture is diminished (and basically non-existent) and you probably won't feel very connected to any of your coworkers beyond brief standups and client calls.