Carta

New engineering leadership since last year and new initiatives are helping Carta grow from a startup into an enterprise company.

As the company is growing, work-life balance is more flexible than before: working from home occasionally is okay, my daily standup is at 9:30 am instead of 8:30 am, and there is no more required commute once a week to the other office (e.g., SF to Palo Alto).

The company is growing and hiring quickly, and we have a lot of interesting projects going on. We have quarterly hackathons to work on new ideas and projects, and regular show-and-tell meetings to present new projects to the whole company.

Growth is encouraged with mentorship, and engineering leadership has presented career paths.

Offices can get crowded at times, with meeting rooms constantly booked. However, the SF office is moving to a new location, which should fix it. As a startup, it's hard for the compensation to match a larger company, though the upside potential of equity is appealing.

Keep up the transparency and keep communicating the goals of the company.