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Fastest, biggest game in town. Once in a lifetime phase of growth

Director of Engineering
Former Employee
Worked at Shopify for 4 years
January 29, 2020
Waterloo, Ontario
5.0
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Pros

Shopify is at the top of the Canadian technology scene. Smart, performance-oriented, crazy sustained growth means you will see things you can’t see anywhere else. This is how the big companies you know about happened, and it’s happening to a Canadian company. You can help. Wins matter in this business, and Shopify is winning.

Cons

Pace and growth rate mean that even though the company has the best of intentions, challenges often happen because no one has solved issues yet. Sometimes it’s fun being in the rocket, but sometimes the g-forces can get you.

Advice to Management

Company values are highly individualistic. While that feels great for a while, eventually a collective, team-oriented perspective provides more meaning to people. We may need to pivot to that over time. Otherwise, thanks. 👍

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