Pros
- Coworkers are technically competent, passionate, and always ready to lend a helping hand. - Working on high-impact projects from the get-go. - High amount of responsibility. - Google-style TGIF meetings with good transparency. - Amazing view of the bay at the office. You think I'm overstating it, but it seriously energizes me. - We are actively making efforts to improve processes in order to mitigate growing pains. Cool benefits: - Free lunch. - All the Ito En tea you can drink. - 15 days PTO, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time. - Reimbursements for gym, internet, and mobile. - 401k matching. - Insurance. - If you're in the Seattle office, a Dance Dance Revolution machine.
Cons
- Sometimes our goals are too aggressive, and we end up sacrificing quality for ship time. - Experiencing growing pains which are the cause of some organizational issues and underdeveloped engineering conventions / documentation. - Sometimes feels like we need to pull long hours because of our aggressive goals. However, I also just really like working on Pokemon Go, so that's also a factor. - From what I've heard, experience varies quite a bit from team to team; perception of cost center vs profit center. - Despite our efforts towards transparency, we are not fully transparent e.g. about upcoming project codenames. - Meetings can sometimes feel a bit pointless for some attendees.
