Pros: Nice location at Ven Beach. It was good when I worked on the first version of Spectacles.

Cons: Over time, too many outsiders have been brought in, leaving no opportunities to grow.

Pros: Incompetent hires and/or lazy, low-IQ, or older managers from Google, Microsoft, or Amazon mean tons to take on and drive. It's truly unique how much you can learn due to incompetent coworkers. They used to pay a ton to get people to relocate. The SoCal weather.

Cons: Where do we begin? Management - Evan is an immature, average designer who got very lucky. This bred a culture of hiring more like him. Design, which reports to him, holds a lot of power. I've never seen engineering treated so poorly as it is here. Work culture - Some really lazy, "rest n' vest" type people hired. Old rejects from Google/AMZN/MSFT fill the ranks, or people from no-name startups. Politics - That's all that's done, all day, every day. Turf wars, fighting for things they couldn't execute on, even if they won. Competition - IG is killing Snap. Nothing more to say. Low quality staff - Who would relocate to LA? Either the best, who are paid outrageously (and have already left because they are actually good), or the worst, who have stayed back.

Pros: Flexible timings; good work-life balance. More of an ownership culture, similar to Google, Facebook, etc. Salary is good. Free food with the option to dine out at restaurants. They pay for your phone bill. Free Gold's Gym membership. Tons of company events like Santa Monica Pier party, cinema screenings, etc.

Cons: Since it's a relatively new company, there are a lot of policies that need time to settle in.