Pros: Amazingly talented engineers. I was hired without much experience. They took a chance on me and let me learn and grow at my own pace.

Cons: I never felt like I was a part of the team as a contractor, even though I was in the office every day for 8+ hours. There was a lack of diverse experience levels; everybody I worked with had 15+ years of experience, while this was my first real engineering job. The age gap made it hard to connect with co-workers. Although conversations for full-time employment were happening throughout my tenure there, they were never able to commit and ended up dropping me when COVID hit without any tangible reason.

Pros: Reasonable amount of work. Management cares a lot about your well-being, flexible time, and good vibes on the team.

Cons: Getting big, making change sometimes is hard. Legacy stuff to maintain.

Pros: I've been at more than a few companies and was initially skeptical, but TS is pretty fantastic. It's an engineering place through and through. Almost everyone is a developer of one kind or another. The people are very smart across the board with some seriously high highs. The interactions between people are expected to be nice and open (and are -- no jerks allowed). The work is very interesting (lots of big problems to solve for sophisticated internal users in a very competitive space). Opportunities for internal mobility are the best I've seen by a margin. Senior management are super smart, nice, and engaged engineers. Big emphasis on community and internal learning and networking: * Regular hackathons * Talks/presentations/study groups/etc. all the time, by both internal and external people. Opportunities for OSS contribution, room to experiment. And in the middle of NYC. Hard to beat.

Cons: I've been here a year, and it's hard to think of many cons. The interview process is tough to pass. It's typically far from a rigid environment, and there are lots of opportunities, so being a self-starter and self-motivated is pretty much a must.