Pros: Context: I work on editor-related features (frontend). * Our customers really like us. Many use the tool multiple hours a day. Features we ship are immediately noticed and appreciated, as it directly improves their productivity. * There are enough low-hanging fruits that having impact isn't even a question. * There are plenty of technical challenges. The most requested features are all pretty involved and require solving problems from first principles. * Coworkers are consistently strong and thoughtful in their work. * Graphs go up and to the right.

Cons: - Being a startup, prioritization is important and does mean that we often go for the "good enough" solution rather than the full solution (often the most satisfying one). - Having lots of important work means fewer chances to have moments of creativity that often come with idle times and a bit of boredom.

Pros: An inclusive, collaborative environment. A strong attention to product detail. Really interesting technical stack and problems, even on the product side. Great holidays, PTO, and remote flexibility.

Cons: Changing targets and not a lot of transparency from executives. Heavy workloads close to deadlines. Hard to get promotions.

Pros: - Great team - everybody was working hard but not excessively so. Work-life balance was very valued. - Short shipping cycle - new features were shipped every week and had direct impact on the product.

Cons: - Feedback was seriously lacking. Since there was no "direct" hierarchy in place, it was often tough to get good feedback on your work. - Office politics. Since there is no transparent feedback process, it was unclear how promotions were taking place, and those seemed random. - Intransparent hiring policies. It seemed to gear mostly towards ensuring some kind of diversity (whatever definition that entails) and not actual technical skill. - Leadership. The CEO doesn't have good skills to actually manage and provide a direction for the company. There doesn't seem to be a common goal.