Growing Pains but Rewarding
Growing Pains but Rewarding
- Potential valuable stock awards.
- Leader in the ride-hailing industry in Southeast Asia, with other growing areas in addition to ride-hailing, such as Food, Express Delivery, Groceries, and many more to come.
- Unicorn startup with huge market share.
- Work that I am doing directly impacts our customers.
- Above-average base pay for the area.
- Work time is flexible and more task-driven.
- Despite being in the US, we have the CTO, CEO, etc., visiting quite often from Singapore.
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Some projects are cross-sites (although not common), and those require collaboration across time zones.
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The company grew too fast, so getting things to market fast is important to grab market shares, thereby accumulating tech debt.
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Moving from a startup to an established company often requires some amount of process. We need to define those processes.
- Limit the amount of projects that cross R&D centers.
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Engineering Lead
Simple but time-consuming. The process can be simplified, though, giving job seekers more time for other interview preparations. That would be very helpful for everyone. Hope HR pays attention to it.
Software Engineer
1. Started with phone calls with the recruiter. 2. Set up an informational with the Hiring Manager on-site, giving me a look at the company's energy level. 3. Interview loop on-site. 4. Offer stage and negotiations (got my result within a week).
Senior Software Engineer
A recruiter called and scheduled a technical phone interview. A person called with a thick Asian accent and asked basic questions. They weren't listening most of the time. At some points, they stated, "You did not answer the question," and when I as
Engineering Lead
SingaporeMarch 1, 2024Simple but time-consuming. The process can be simplified, though, giving job seekers more time for other interview preparations. That would be very helpful for everyone. Hope HR pays attention to it.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 20181. Started with phone calls with the recruiter. 2. Set up an informational with the Hiring Manager on-site, giving me a look at the company's energy level. 3. Interview loop on-site. 4. Offer stage and negotiations (got my result within a week).
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2018A recruiter called and scheduled a technical phone interview. A person called with a thick Asian accent and asked basic questions. They weren't listening most of the time. At some points, they stated, "You did not answer the question," and when I as
