Company was at the forefront of the big data movement
Extremely strong technical team
Founders had clear vision for Hadoop way ahead of their time
Successful exit to Teradata
Cons
Sales and engineering didn't understand one another very well and that created some friction
Don't have to work too hard
Free yogurt, weekly free lunch
Discounted gym membership
Learning a popular technology
Excellent hype
Cons
No product vision
No sales: will anyone ever buy the product?
Product is immature
Leadership does not communicate with the organization
Office space is horrible. Noisy, dirty, smelly.
