Chainguard

• "Do Serious Work, Don’t Take Ourselves Too Seriously" is a core company value. Folks joke through things, and good-natured workplace humor is appreciated. I've been laughing at things since the first interview.

• You'd be surprised at the impact you can have working on some tiny forgotten library that a high percentage of the world depends on. I've had varying levels of impact "on the real world" at different companies, but only here have I made a teensy tiny minute contribution to glibc.

• Compensation is excellent. Quite a few nifty perks in there.

• Company is remote-first and remote-native. Remote work isn't something that happened to the company - everything is well-thought out for remote work.

• My wife says I look happier than I did before, and it's very noticeable. She says I sound very excited about the projects I am working on.

• Complexity: this company deals with complex situations on a daily basis with external software.

The ability to jump into new unseen code for an unknown application and to work with the complexities of different build systems is a requirement.

This is no fault of the company, it's the nature of the field and part of the company's success story.

There is no reason to be fearful here, but when preparing to join the company, this is a skill set that requires some attention.

Excellent job all around. I have joined a mature company packed to the brim with thoughtful folks, and an impressive product.

The onboarding taking a tour of sales/partner-related topics was very enlightening. I don't have any advice! First time ever.