Pros: - Scale of impact - Technology stack - Coworkers - Remote work

Cons: - Politics in terms of promotions, projects, headcount, etc. - Fail-first mentality in multiple production services, leading to annoying on-call. - WLB is org-dependent.

Pros: Leadership has done a great deal right, and I applaud them for it. Culture has remained very good despite insane growth. The work-life balance has generally gotten a lot better since the startup days, probably much better than at many other tech companies in the area.

Cons: I miss our company ski day, but luckily vacation scheduling is flexible for those pow days.

Pros: What's better than a job that provides 3 weeks of vacation? A job that provides 3 weeks of vacation, plus 2 'hackweeks' in the year, where you get to team up with anyone else and let your creativity run wild. (I'd even trade one of my vacation weeks for an extra hackweek). To top it off, it doesn't hurt spending the remaining weeks innovating with dedicated and motivated teammates. In five months here, I've had a chance to work on a pivotal feature, win at hackweek, and know that the senior folks are listening if I need them. Zillow places a lot of emphasis on culture and looks for ways to keep innovating. If you're talented and motivated, consider spending your energy at Zillow, and my experience here so far says you'll get more energized in return.

Cons: Some of the legacy code can be challenging to navigate. On the positive side, most dev managers seem to be open to refactoring small chunks of code despite the obvious risks.