* compensation could be better, but stocks might compensate if you stay > 1 year
* salary increase was very small year to year unless you are promoted
* projects are not great (arguably) - some of them are monolithic/on-premise but wildly used, some have PHP, and some doesn't have many users but better tech stack
* some projects are mainly in the US, so sometimes meeting 5-7 PM but usually until 6 PM