Pros: Coinbase moved extremely fast during my time. Every person you meet there is extremely talented. This is across the board from my experience, not just in core teams. The compensation is great for those longer hours and more intense environment.

Cons: It moves fast, which is good in many ways, but can become difficult on work/life balance. You can feel some crunch if you have a few projects converging on similar timelines, or if you have an incident you have to dig into.

Pros: - Very interesting technical challenges - A lot of autonomy (could be a con) - Amazing perks (WFH stipend, random gifts all the time) - Very smart colleagues - Great communication all around the company - Exciting - Brilliant CEO and engineering execs - A lot of useful education and automation regarding processes

Cons: - There is a lot of autonomy, so if you're the kind of person who needs the work to be handed to you, you'll have to adjust. - Since crypto is a very fast-paced field, you will often have multiple projects on the go at the same time. Work-life balance is usually relatively bad, although the company does offer recharge days (and weeks) so that we can all take time off. - This is the biggest con: you get assessed if you're "on-track" or "off-track" every quarter. If you're "off-track", you have 60 days to fix it. It's quite an aggressive stance, similar to Amazon's PIP program, which is notoriously toxic.

Pros: Very talented colleagues, interesting projects.

Cons: Bad ET, a lot of layoffs.