Nvidia

Appetite for challenging projects and ambitions Lots of brilliant engineers Strong stock performance Flexible working hours/environment

Engineering culture is very top-down. You will often hear, "There is only one boss at Nvidia - Jensen." All decision-making is top-down, and grassroots creativity is often overlooked.

Because of the top-down culture, teams and engineers experience a lot of pivots. Most engineers typically work on 3-5 completely different projects or initiatives in the span of 1-2 years. This causes a lot of thrash.

Politics is obnoxious. Orgs and org leaders have been around for decades and have created their empires. If you are caught between the politics or crossfire, it will be very ugly.

Culture embraces "brilliant jerks." People are aggressive, somewhat arrogant, and extremely entitled.

Not very respectful - I've heard Jensen bad-mouth competitors in company all-hands.