Zillow

I can't say enough good things about Zillow. The original founders and current leadership have infused the company with a passion beyond that of any other company I'm aware of. I believe we have a really great vision and an incredible amount of growth potential ahead of us, and that makes the company so much fun to work out.

Employees are treated very, very well. We have a really fun culture, we're paid well enough and have stock options that continue to grow. We're still at that perfect size where a single employee can make a really big difference in the company as a whole.

Pay for engineers at least seems to be a bit below what other employers pay. You probably won't get a salary offer that matches one from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, or the like. That said, if you ask me, working at such a neat company with insane growth and potential for career advancement makes the tradeoff worth it.

Let's make sure we manage out our lame employees. I've met a small number of mediocre workers who only care marginally about their work and Zillow as a whole, and we should do our best to not tolerate that.