Pros: Good company culture, and I enjoyed working with all of the talented engineers!

Cons: Plaid has more than doubled in size since the beginning of Covid, with many organizational shifts to keep up with the growth.

Pros: - The FinTech space is interesting. - Colleagues are smart.

Cons: - The business has never really recovered to previous COVID heights, and valuation has been cut severely. - Fast approaching need to raise more funding. And in the absence of revenue growth, leadership is cutting teams down to skeleton crews to boost short-term financials. - Constant silent layoffs and no backfills that create a toxic environment around staffing. - The new president operates as a very sr. program manager with no real product vision, and the CTO was never replaced. - New 1033 legislation means the core business has a very uncertain future.

Pros: The core product is strong, and they have a strong network of consumers and providers of data. They have invested in building new products like IDV and payments. The culture is still strong, and people value impact.

Cons: Change is a constant, so it does not feel like there is stability or consistency, which is something you should expect in this environment and in smaller companies.