Pinterest

• Very "Pinteresty" environment, DIY, and artsy. Great for those who have a creative passion. There will be random fun events, KnitCon, and you can attend studio nights taught by an employee.

• Lots of work to do, especially in ads and visual search. You will have a lot of impact with the work you do.

• Very methodical with growth, which leads to building a better product (with ads).

• Ben, CEO, has a great vision & direction and is very inspirational.

My biggest gripe is the amount of people who are not passionate about the company or product. Even during a short 3-month internship, I could see a problem with some people at Pinterest. It's a bigger problem if you're working outside of Product Engineering (working on the app). If you're really passionate about the product like I was, you'll be disappointed when you start interacting with people at the company.

There are little career opportunities for engineers. HR is hiring people who can do the job, rather than teaching and building engineers to do it. It's not a great place to grow your career.

Mentorship is very hit or miss. For interns, some get great mentors, while some get bad ones who don't care for your success.

There are growing pains from getting bigger. A lot of org restructuring and outside people coming in, creating more levels of management. It feels like a bigger company where you have less freedom to do things.

Food is very hit or miss, made by in-house chefs.

Start developing engineers in-house rather than hiring so many outside people, who also may not even care for the product. Also, start looking more at culture fit, like other tech companies do.