Pretty good place
Pretty good place
A very smart set of people to work with. There's a lot of freedom in pacing yourself. Hard work gets rewarded, but you don't have to put in crazy hours just to do well. Vacation/time-off policies are quite generous. Employees are usually very respectful on a personal level, even if technical arguments can be heated. Lots of belief in experimentation/moonshots and not just holding tightly to what works.
The cost of becoming big, it does feel more and more crowded. Speed of execution isn't probably as good as a startup, and you do feel like a smart part of a very big machine.
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