DigitalOcean

• The hiring process was a bit long, but probably one of the best, most straightforward hiring experiences I have been through.

• The remotee-first culture is fantastic, really setting the bar for how to operate a company in a distributed fashion.

• There is a lot of cutting-edge technology to work with/on, and a lot of smart, helpful people to work on it with you.

• The path forward is starting to materialize with a new CEO and executive suite at the helm, with (seemingly) a lot of opportunity for innovation and career growth within the company.

A lot of longer-term employees are starting to churn. It isn't clear why people leave all the time, but this can be off-putting or demoralizing when just starting out, not being sure if they have better context on whether we are headed in "the right direction."- It is not clear that there is strong technical leadership at the top. This has led to a lot of disparity at the bottom, which needs to be cleaned up if we want to grow at the pace we have been recently.

Love is what makes us great. It's a core value, but it does not always seem to be put at the forefront by some.

It is one of the things I noticed during hiring and continue to notice by those employees exemplifying the values, but there are others who appear to have ulterior motives.