Pros: A good place to learn.

Cons: It took a long time to find product-market fit.

Pros: Overall, Nuro has been amazing to work for so far. The people here are incredible. The engineers are some of the smartest people I've met, and yet they still maintain the ability to communicate and are always available to discuss problems or help you get acclimated, both technically and culturally. As an engineer, you're given lots of autonomy (no pun intended) and responsibility very early on, which is exciting and very different from a lot of larger companies. While the business itself is amazing and the mission something that excites me enough to get out of bed every day and come into work, the people are really what make Nuro a great place to be.

Cons: The cons are about as expected with any startup. In terms of guaranteed compensation, going to a larger company will certainly provide a lower risk situation, though Nuro's salary itself is likely better than most startups. Additionally, while the responsibility granted to engineers is exciting and pushes you to learn quickly, it also means that a lot is expected of you early on since Nuro doesn't have the luxury of bringing in engineers who won't be able to contribute in the first few months.

Pros: Terrific engineering culture working on one of the hardest and most impactful engineering problems there is: driverless autonomous vehicles for mass deployment. Not much politics, streamlined decision making, and the ability to focus on solving problems with real scope and improving the system.

Cons: Work on non-autonomy teams may not quite realize the same scope, culture, or impact as those working on the critical path, and as a result have a harder time identifying with the company's vision or mission.