Coinbase

• 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

• 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.

The concept of being "off-track"/"on-track" and getting 60 days to fix being "off-track" is a very draconian and Amazon-like measure. Amazon has one of the lowest employee satisfaction ratings in Big Tech, and PIP is precisely the reason why. I would strongly urge you to reconsider or amend something to this plan, as many employees think it's quite toxic.

This also directly conflicts our value of "continuous learning."