Akamai Technologies

Great people, great work/life balance. In terms of the type of companies that solve the kinds of problems you'd solve at Akamai, the pay is remote class leading, but it's still quite good.

Perhaps it's because there's a corporate raider on the board, but it feels like the company can't execute on long-term visions or invest in true innovation. Most things are focused on short-term margins.

There is also an inefficiency problem when it comes to iterating on software here, which means anything substantive needs a longer runway to execute. This is compounded by the first problem.

That is a problem in a space where they're currently being outpaced by nimbler companies. I'm very much concerned about where Akamai will be in 5-10 years, that's if it hasn't already been chopped up by the raiders on its board.