Asana

They say culture was the first thing the founders considered when starting Asana, and it shows. The company values are more present and alive at Asana than anywhere else I have worked.

The food perks are above-and-beyond. Asana's in-house culinary team provides delicious and healthy meals every day.

Lots of avenues for growth in engineering.

Super strong documentation culture.

Extremely capable teammates with high EQ.

Using Asana for everything internally is productive and good for centralizing knowledge, but it leads to internal usage patterns that are very different from those of the typical user. This, in turn, leads Asana to focus on different pain points than their users actually experience.

The company has the feel of being tech-first for many years, but it is trying to put more of a product-first process into place.

The tech stack is mostly homegrown and highly idiosyncratic. The usage of React does not follow common conventions.

The role of Technical Lead has historically been overloaded, resulting in burnout. However, eng leadership has demonstrated a strong focus in trying to mitigate this.