Pros: Work-life balance is nice.

Cons: AI companies are leaning into education.

Pros: - Reasonable work-life balance compared to the rest of the Bay Area. - Friendly coworkers. - Generally good managers and skip-level managers.

Cons: - Growth opportunities for senior folks can be difficult, depending on the team you are on. - Company culture is declining overall, with less motivation and passion. - Headcount for some teams feels mismatched in terms of business impact. You may end up either not having much to do or too much. Do your research. - Compensation is not as competitive due to declining stock; ed tech is a difficult industry in this economy. - Do not have very high confidence in the vision for the company/product. There is some hope, but the company is still figuring things out, and it can be very draining and chaotic for employees.

Pros: - Best culture in the valley. Everyone I've met here has been incredibly friendly, humble, super smart, and mission-oriented. Having worked at many places in the Valley, including FANG, with both "brogrammers" and antisocial engineers, one cannot take that for granted. I am good friends with many of my coworkers; we are often found chatting with each other in the kitchen about everything under the sun, and many people hang out with each other after hours. It feels like a family. - High impact. As an individual contributor, you are working on major features from day one, and I have a lot of freedom to take ownership of the spec. - Great work-life balance. You're trusted to get your work done, and your managers support you and care about you as a person, not just an employee. Flexible WFH Wednesdays. As an engineer, if we need to modify timelines, managers are generally understanding and will back you up instead of pressuring you. - Great growth potential. The new CEO is pushing the company in a profitable direction with online degrees. There's a lot of momentum with both university and industry partnerships, and we are in great financial shape heading into the new year. I'm excited for the future growth of the company.

Cons: The reorg and promotion process could be handled better. The changes themselves were good, in my opinion, but there was a lack of transparency about why decisions were made, causing many engineers to leave. Due to our current focus on profitability, many product roadmaps have become temporarily more partner-driven than learner-experience driven. I'm really hoping that management delivers on promises that once we get all these degrees going, we will refocus on the learning experience. After all, most of us are here for the mission. Senior engineers are compensated competitively, especially given the current market and talent level of our team.