Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Pros: I won't say anything surprising here:
* The tech is great. I love building things with Databricks.
* I believe in the executive leadership's vision.
* The company is successful. I think my equity is worth something.
I would write more about the pros here, but others have said most of what I could say.
Cons: Small cons first:
* No 401K matching.
* Our infrastructure policies are weird and delete things you create after a few weeks. So you end up in a situation where that app/pipeline/ML model/agent you made doesn't work just in time for a demo sometimes.
These aren't a big deal. What is a big deal is that there is not a small chance you will run into a toxic work environment as an SA.
* In my less than 1 year tenure here, I've heard of multiple instances where other Solutions Architects were fired because they upset sales leadership. My AE was also fired for upsetting sales leadership.
* We conduct anonymous culture surveys every six months. On a group call, a sales manager reviewed the feedback someone had written about her and attempted to identify the author of the feedback. It was uncomfortable.
* I don't have the time to go into all of the insanity with Salesforce rules and reporting, or the scorecard sales execs have, or the many internal calls related to the two. I can only say no rational human will enjoy it.