Talented and friendly coworkers held back by management
Talented and friendly coworkers held back by management
- Talented and genuine coworkers -- my direct teammates and manager were all helpful and smart.
- The mission is easy to get behind, although it's harder to justify a "second renaissance" in this day and age where many other platforms with bigger moats are providing good-enough alternatives.
- Top compensation with a high cash component, competitive with other tech unicorns that pay top of band -- although the equity component is pretty overvalued.
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Lacking medium- and long-term focus. Projects and overarching objectives change very often (sometimes multiple times in the span of a couple of months) without much transparency from leadership. This is expected at a growing company, but the whiplash at Patreon was significantly worse than other (smaller) startups I've worked at.
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Has most of the growing pains of a startup without many of the positives. Significant effort is required to get projects started, and developer velocity is slow due to lack of tooling and observability. It's difficult to build confidence for any reasonably sized change.
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Lots of areas are lacking an owner, and tech debt isn't prioritized, which dampens velocity.
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Ever-looming risk of layoffs (since they've already happened a few times in the company's history).
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They asked various questions about programming and how different programs work. They also asked what kind of teams I like, what projects I have worked on, and so on. Finally, they inquired about what inspires me in life.
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I didn’t pass the second stage, but here’s what you might expect. First, a phone screening with a recruiter to discuss the position and for you to talk about yourself. This serves to give you both an idea if this role, or maybe a different role, sou
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The recruiter was very kind and thoughtful. They informed me about the hiring process well. One person had already been hired, so I was unfortunately rejected. However, the overall phone call and information provided were good. They didn't ignore c
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United StatesOctober 4, 2020They asked various questions about programming and how different programs work. They also asked what kind of teams I like, what projects I have worked on, and so on. Finally, they inquired about what inspires me in life.
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesApril 2, 2023I didn’t pass the second stage, but here’s what you might expect. First, a phone screening with a recruiter to discuss the position and for you to talk about yourself. This serves to give you both an idea if this role, or maybe a different role, sou
Senior Software Engineer
United StatesSeptember 1, 2019The recruiter was very kind and thoughtful. They informed me about the hiring process well. One person had already been hired, so I was unfortunately rejected. However, the overall phone call and information provided were good. They didn't ignore c
