Was not ready for exponential growth
Was not ready for exponential growth
Great atmosphere, smart people, great product, good work/life balance.
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Very product oriented. Why is this a drawback? Because everything is concentrated on product/interface features. If you work on backend or infrastructure, you are on the side of the world.
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Exponential growth led to ineffective processes and infrastructure. The infrastructure really sucks; pull requests can take from a couple of days to several weeks to be reviewed.
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Authoritarian people in tech management. Even senior newbies are treated as grads; they will teach you from scratch, not relying on your previous experience.
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Flat structure, no career growth.
Invest in infrastructure. And listen to people who just joined the company, as they don't have blinkers yet.
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