UpCodes Reviews

UpCodes is a rare mix of top-notch people, an important problem space, really strong revenue growth, and a chill, remote-first working environment that makes it easy to work hard and have a life too. A few highlights for me: * We're making construction cheaper by making building codes easier to understand. Cost of housing and infrastructure is one of the US's biggest social problems, and we're helping to fix it... while making $$$ in the process. It's nice to work on something that makes the world a better place. * There's a real focus on building what's right for our customers, not to please managers or investors or vanity metrics. We're building for the long term. * Really impressive organic growth numbers, which are accelerating now that we're bringing on Sales & Marketing. In this shaky economic environment, it's nice to be in a place that's financially solid and not dependent on big infusions of VC cash. * My colleagues are super-easy to get along with. No jerks. We actively hire for collaborative skill along with smarts. * It's been fun to learn a new industry (construction, architecture, structural engineering) and to drag that industry into the 21st century with cool digital tools. * For a small company, it surprisingly has its sh*t together. HR, internal systems, internal docs, etc. all work pretty well, so you don't have to waste time on BS and can instead focus on building cool stuff and helping customers. * We're "meeting-light"-- as few meetings as possible, with most communication happening async over Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc. I have a lot more control over my time than in previous jobs. * Top-down emphasis on work-life balance: everyone takes vacations, no pressure to work late or weekends (some do, some don't-- no judgement either way). Great place for employees with young kids because you can pretty easily build a flexible schedule for family stuff.

This isn't easy because there are way too many pros to list! - Extremely productive team - Async communication is the standard - All ideas are encouraged from anyone (there is a zany idea channel and people actually consider the idea on the merit vs who is saying it) - Flexible work schedule; everyone works on the schedule they are most productive (you often see people messaging at odd hours async). - Huge trust is given by management; they hire people they believe can succeed, and they are given autonomy to achieve their goals (I was able to thoroughly examine our systems and find the best tools, we have been moving towards a system where the majority of manual efforts will be automated) - Zero micromanagement - Team of A-players who take responsibility and drive towards success. - Every person on the team seems to have compatible personality-types - Direct and open communication. Never seen such visibility and honesty from management - Huge, sustainable growth - Almost 600,000 monthly visitors to the website - Our customers LOVE us. It's almost comical jumping on calls and hearing them gush about how much better our systems are than the alternatives. #freelaw - No endless meetings/ company-wide meetings with no content or agenda. - 1 company meeting a MONTH!!