Pros: Easy to transition between roles, between teams, between projects. Direct management puts trust and responsibility into team members, "we hire good people, we should trust them to make good decisions." Perks: * Chase an opportunity or look for career growth, and everyone will help you get there.

Cons: A lot of growth has led to a big company struggling to hang onto its 'startup' roots. A lot of the culture is geared towards a specific type of people and can feel alienating sometimes.

Pros: You want to explore Australia's top-tier tech company. Free snacks, drinks, and ice creams if you don't mind gaining weight. Business seems to be steady even when the environment seems to be more toxic every day.

Cons: The inside might not quite be what you are expecting. Hard work is not rewarding here; in most cases, I know it's rather punishing. Try not to do anything that upsets people who outrank you. Instead, try to provide them with the solution ready and demo it as easily as possible. The credit is theirs, but you'll be able to avoid pain in the future and hopefully switch teams when you are too sick of the status quo of your current team. It's a mediocre nine-to-five job. Do not bring your laptop home, and do not work extra hours. After a few years, I felt it was extremely unethical of me to encourage junior developers to contribute, even if they loved to. Nothing good will come of it. Instead, learn from the bad patterns here and invest best practices in your own projects to prepare for your future jobs. Performance reviews and pay raises are often incomprehensible. Due to the level of education, worthwhile contributions are ignored in favor of political goals to maintain benefits for certain people.

Pros: Great engineers with lots of experience. Trusting and open environment. Always focused on values.

Cons: Can't think of any.