Pros: The best place I've worked so far. Fast growing, full of passion, and you can learn tons from here. The entire atmosphere is awesome. People around are energetic, colleagues are smart, funny, and very nice. Everyone is easy to communicate with and ask for help. Compensation is great, close to IPO. I believe if you work hard, you can get what you pay for.

Cons: I don't find really one so far. The office feels a little crowded now. We need to move to a spacious place. The codebase is a little messy. We have some tech debates that need solving.

Pros: Super smart people. Very open communication, both between developers and management. Developers trust each other. Super fun. Really encouraged to speak up and be a part of the team. Encouraged to seek out challenges. Encouraged to take ownership. You are encouraged to take time to think about where you want to grow. Management will then work with you to get you there. Hard work is recognized, both in company-wide meetings and in benefits/rewards. I can honestly say that this is an amazing environment. If you are a smart, hard-working, trustworthy, and love challenges, then you will be very fulfilled at Box.

Cons: No matching 401k. The lunches could be better.

Pros: At Box, you never find a shortage of things to work on. You can continue to grow your skills and expertise by tackling new and different problems more than you can at most other places. In addition, the people you work with are some of the best and from a wide variety of backgrounds. This means you even learn by listening. And since Box is still a young company with problems and situations that are still unsolved, you can use the skills you learned here or elsewhere and leave a mark on the company. Something you work on will very likely be laying the foundation for future engineers and users. It's up to you to leverage that. The compensation is pretty darn competitive for the area.

Cons: The compensation could be higher, and internal mobility isn't exactly where it needs to be (they are working on it, to their credit). And sometimes the opportunities you get mean that you will be working some late hours. I've made it a goal to at least leave when there's sunlight at least twice a week. And, as expected with a startup mentality, there's a bit of engineers being on-call, which can sometimes lead to annoying weekends.