Pros: Hypergrowth company with a deeply rooted startup culture. Things are rolling fast. Both builders and hackers are valued here. Innovations and experimentations are greatly encouraged. Mistakes and failures are embraced as long as you learn from them. The leadership is strong. There are many interesting, challenging technical problems to solve. How many companies out there are tackling all these areas, including real-time infrastructure, logistics, big data, machine learning, geomatic engineering, and mobile development?

Cons: Hours are long, but thankfully they make it fun.

Pros: A lot of opportunities to work on cutting-edge stuff, competitive in the Bay Area.

Cons: The company needs more time to be as stable as other bigger companies in the Bay.

Pros: Super smart, kind, thoughtful people, super interesting problems, and the benefits of a start-up and an established company. In my experience, the media narrative just does not line up with the reality inside Uber. The people here are not "brogrammers" – they're serious software engineers that are passionate about solving a really, really hard problem. This is at the ATG Pittsburgh location, mind you, so I can't comment on SF. But here, at least, I know it's awesome. And by the way, the company is trying very hard to change what problems do exist in the culture. It's not just a show for the outside. Everyone takes it very seriously, and there have been incidents in which the employees took a stand as a group to hold someone accountable for actions that violated our values.

Cons: Mostly the outside image. Explaining to your friends. Having to justify to friends why you support Uber and why Uber is a good company. But if you believe that fixing a problem that causes 30,000 deaths and countless more accidents a year is important, then come work at ATG.