Pros: Opportunity to learn modern tech (Golang, Kubernetes, GCP). Patient people. Awesome stock price growth.

Cons: Not easy to change teams. Internal tools not useful in other companies.

Pros: You learn early on about "Arista culture": everybody can contribute everywhere they feel capable. You are also encouraged to initiate direct contact with the right people in the company to get input on problems you're working on (and there are a lot of really smart people). There is no more than the bare minimum of hierarchy or bureaucracy to deal with. There are separate teams, but you aren't limited to working on one thing (other than by your available time). You are encouraged to move around to different projects as you learn more and interests change. Your performance is evaluated primarily by your peers, using a nerdy data-driven approach, while managers provide sober second thought. The company itself is doing great things and poised for greater still. It delivers a product people love in an industry that's growing like crazy, and equity compensation gives you a stake in it.

Cons: The Burnaby office location is not the greatest for taking transit to work. Software is largely written in an arcane proprietary TACC language, which has some technical advantages but is mostly used for historical reasons or inertia. The codebase is managed by Perforce, which makes tracking history and making small, nimble changes a chore—though there are ongoing efforts to improve developer tooling, including Git integration.

Pros: COMPANY Arista's upper management has defined a set of inspiring company values, and they are not just platitudes. Both management and employees live and breathe the values every day. COWORKERS My Arista coworkers are the smartest and most dedicated group of people I've ever worked with. Everyone is supportive and willing to help each other out. COMPENSATION Compensation is well above average, especially for the Greater Vancouver area. The stock options are a very nice addition to your total compensation (Arista's IPO was June 6, 2014). TECH Arista has invested heavily in custom tooling and automation to ensure that our software is of the highest quality. Automatic builds (with web dashboard), automatic branch merge ups, automated product tests, and automated regression testing are just some of the things that have been implemented. Be prepared to be immersed in Linux, Python, and Arista's custom TACC language. EQUIPMENT You'll be developing on a top-end MacBook Pro with a 27" monitor to go along with it.

Cons: Most of your life is spent in a command-line shell, which, depending on what you like, could be a pro or a con. Emacs vs. vi debates spring up regularly. :-)