Pros: Great people and great benefits at their beautiful HQ.

Cons: No cons, I absolutely loved it!

Pros: TripAdvisor is growing aggressively, and this means there are plenty of promotion and advancement opportunities for people who have ability and are willing to work for it. I've worked at places where there are at least three qualified people jockeying for each opportunity to advance. TripAdvisor is NOT one of them. As of 2013, TripAdvisor is an excellent place for those who want to break through from senior to principal engineer or into management. Overall, the level of bureaucracy in engineering is still low, and it's possible to get things done without waiting a long time for management to make opaque decisions behind closed doors.

Cons: The location in Newton is not convenient unless you happen to already live in one of the western suburbs. TripAdvisor does not do a lot of fundamental R&D on new technologies. Look elsewhere if that is a priority for you.

Pros: Good pay, friendly coworkers, really good lunches provided, interesting tech talks by fellow employees weekly, and a yearly week where you can work on your own projects.

Cons: Company growing pains, so we have to deal with a large codebase. Some people (full-time employees) are overworked, as they have the most knowledge of the system, and everyone goes to them for advice.