Tableau

Great leadership team. They really know how to read the pulse of the market and stay focused. There is a right mix of internal focus to build on strengths and external focus to learn from the competition.

Company culture and values resonate with me. Teamwork and collaboration are encouraged over individual achievements. Performance reviews are not just about how awesome you were, but how helpful you were to others and the team's success.

Great perks. Really good health insurance and ample free food and drinks. Great parties. Commuter subsidies. Not really comparable to Facebook or Google, but better than most companies (read Amazon).

Good work-life balance. Some employees complain about rare crunch times, but I guess they have not worked at Amazon or similar companies. I find work-life balance to be much better than both of my previous employers.

The company's mission is to help people see and understand data, which is more meaningful to me than getting people to click the "add to cart" button.

• Career growth. There is great camaraderie among people who have been with the company for a very long time, and it appears that you have to be in that group to be recognized and promoted. There is no clear guidance on what your manager will be looking for in order for promotion. It just seems random. People from outside with lesser experience got hired on a level above me.

• Compensation. If you have accumulated equity before the IPO, you will not complain about this, but I think new employees are only compensated well if they have other competitive offers. If not, you would probably be compensated less than other major employers in the area.

• Growth and learning. There are some great teams that work on cutting-edge technologies, but web and mobile are pretty slow and conservative to keep pace with the development in tools and technologies.

Keep doing what you are doing.