Pros: Most people in all offices are generally nice. Quality of work/colleagues depends on what team you're on. Interesting if someone is super into networking, but not great in terms of general software engineering. WLB is mostly good; managers are quite flexible as long as work gets done. The company seems to be doing acquisitions all the time; the stock price is doing okay. There's a certain sense of stability.

Cons: - Pay is subpar. A large chunk of the people who tend to stay are pre-IPO or folks who have been with the company for a long time. - Tech is ugly, dated, and boring; a lot of work is RFC driven. - Tech-related thoughts/opinions are also dated and driven by the Unix generation of developers who grew up inside a terminal. - Horrible docs. This makes ramp-up unnecessarily difficult, and the company does not put any professional effort into improving this. - General company culture/work is more suited for older folks, particularly those who have been in the networking industry for a while. - Performance evaluation schemes are nice in theory but horrible in practice. Highly skewed towards tenured employees and others' perception of one's "impact." - Niche domain, and tech is tightly coupled to the domain. Remember that Arista is a networking company before a software company, no matter what. - People seem to leave constantly.

Pros: Arista is a great company. The culture really empowers the employees to build great products, and the leadership really understands how to build and maintain this great culture.

Cons: The Burnaby location isn't very convenient for transit.

Pros: - Lots of company events: - BBQs - Christmas parties - Beer bash every week - Soccer - Sun Run training - Darts tournaments - Nintendo Wii - Board game groups - Very flexible work hours - No micromanagement at all. You even sign up for your own bugs most of the time. Lots of trust. Work on the areas you are interested in. - High focus on quality, even if it means shipping late. - Lots of tools everywhere; it's all about automation here. - Lots to learn. - Fast-growing company; glad to be part of it!

Cons: - Tools may be slow. - Perforce is difficult to use and buggy. - Documentation could be better, but everybody is friendly and ready to help!