Pros: I'm surrounded by smart and friendly people and found a project with high code quality to work on without any trouble. Googlers want to do the right thing. It's cool. There's a lot of vegan food on the main campus, and it makes being vegan insanely easy. Since the gym is free, I've been going to the gym too, instead of just running with one of the running clubs. Perks are real :)

Cons: Like at any large company, development feels slow. We have a somewhat unique problem: a huge amount of code that doesn't scale well with existing tools. So, we make tools ourselves, but sometimes they're lacking in features that I was used to before working at Google. You have to be smart about making a fast, iterative feedback cycle for yourself if you know you'll need to tweak your code many times before you get it right.

Pros: - Prestige - Good pay - Good benefits - Lots of smart people

Cons: - A lot of red tape. - People doing things just because that's the way everyone else is doing it and it's the safe way to advance. - You can feel powerless and only execute things. - Expectations are high and there's a lot of pressure. - Proprietary tech takes at least 6-12 months to learn, and the longer you stay, the harder it gets to decide to leave.

Pros: Great culture, growth opportunities. We can do work that has a large impact on the world.

Cons: I have no complaints, but I do feel a certain amount of pressure to do so.