Pros
When I applied for YouVersion, it was because I wanted to use the skills and knowledge that I'd learned in school for the sake of the Kingdom. YouVersion was my dream job because I'm a long-time user of the app and I could see, even then, its impressive outreach. I've been working on this team since 2015 and I can say that it's been even better than I could've dreamed up. Life.Church (and YouVersion, specifically) genuinely cares about my family. Our benefits are great and promote professional, physical, and spiritual health. This team is very tight-knit, fun, talented, and hardworking, and it's the kind of environment where I love coming back to work after weekends and vacations. You'll have opportunities to grow in so many areas and management is eager to let you explore those areas that help push the mission and product forward. Ship-it weeks are another great opportunity to grow creatively and contribute to the product in ways outside the normal workflow. Overall, I can say that this is more than a job, it's a calling and if you want to contribute to the Mission of "Leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ" and have fun doing it, this could be the perfect place for you.
Cons
We sacrifice higher pay to do what we do, but that sacrifice is well worth it. Because we're expanding further into unprecedented territory and always improving our team processes and products, we go through seasons of spiritual attack and growing pains. This is where the power of being such a close, trusting, caring team with a high-feedback culture is so important.
