Pros
Culture is good. People care about the work, help each other out without being asked, and there's no weird internal politics eating everyone's time. Look at our Slack and you genuinely can't tell who's the founder and who's the intern — everyone contributes and everyone's heard. You can just focus on doing your job well.
Learning curve is real. No one holds your hand here. You figure things out fast because you have to, and that's honestly a feature not a bug. I've grown more in my time here than I expected to.
Team is sharp and low-ego. People are direct, know their stuff, and actually want things to get done. You don't spend half your day managing up or around people. Collaboration just works.
Leadership tells you what's going on. No mystery, no spin. You find out about decisions and why they were made, and you can push back if you have a real point.
Cons
It's a startup, so things move fast and sometimes the ground shifts under you. Processes are still being built. If you need everything to be perfectly defined before you can act, this will drive you crazy. Priorities can change quickly, and you have to be okay with that.
Resources are leaner than a big company obviously. You're expected to do more with less, which is exciting if you're wired that way, but it can get intense at times.