Pros: As you can imagine, the scope of Zipline is very large. I can't speak to the other eng. orgs like service, maintenance, firmware, embedded, hardware, etc. This is purely a review on the "app software" org, which is still quite small and growing. I came for the mission and the people and have not been disappointed. - Been in the industry 8+ years, this is my favorite product I've ever worked on. Seeing the zips fly in person and working on the tech behind it all is incredibly empowering. - I love my teammates. Team bonding events are fun, everyone is supportive. We all pitch in to keep this a high-functioning org. - The level of ownership is high. I fully own my services end-to-end, including speaking to stakeholders. There's no opaque wall there. The code I work on everyday goes directly to someone I know. - The company has a clear path to expansion, with high customer retention + NPS. If pulled off successfully, this is a growth monster.

Cons: - We are building something that's never been done before. Leadership will make mistakes and learn. I trust them to work through things, but there will be product, people, service churn. - This place is a pressure cooker! We have aggressive targets. Safety and reliability are important. - Dev. ex. is a work-in-progress. - A big spread of services - Career ladder and leveling is a work-in-progress. Smaller org than big tech.

Pros: Even with the mission pivot, there are some extremely smart people who are all working together in unison. Most people are hungry and kind. If you do good work, you will be rewarded. You get to touch many exciting systems.

Cons: Great individuals but many growing pains that persist and should have been fixed by now, unsustainable work with little confidence in timelines and roadmaps made by leadership

Pros: Been at Zipline to see all of the chaos of P2 not working to it working well in real life. Honestly there’s nothing more rewarding than watching a borderline piece of junk prototype turn into the efficient machine it is today! Also flexible wfh no questions asked and unlimited PTO is hard to beat.

Cons: Honestly just changing priorities as we figure it out. It’s hard and expectations of others around you make you always always need to be on your A+ game.