Shopify

• Diverse group of brilliant and engaged minds to work with.
• Spend time working on interesting problems.
• Open source commitment is in the fabric of the company.
• Blameless culture (really).
• They do not care where you went to school or, really, if you even went to school.
• Great work-life balance.
• Great benefits, including mental health specifically.
• One thing that some might think of as a “con” I actually enjoy: you need to be self-organized. There are mentors, you make buddies, and of course, you have a lead, but the expectation is that you will own your "own development" to a great extent and act like a smart, mature adult. I actually thrive on being self-organized and efficient, so it’s a great environment for me. (At the same time, it is a very safe pace to make mistakes and grow!)
• Toni’s a great leader. The senior leadership team is also great, like COO Toby. They are all strangely human, down to earth, and smart.

One weird thing about the benefits, to me, is that there isn’t any flex spending for dependents. My last job allowed $5k a year. My kids are now out of daycare, so I haven’t cared too much. (Maybe there is some other benefit I don’t know about because I haven’t looked hard.)

Onboarding was hard. My lead told me that it’d be overwhelming, and yeah, it was. Everyone was patient and supportive, but it was still tough. Now I’m feeling like that’s behind me and I’m feeling very comfortable. It takes 4-6 months or so, I think.