Beware of the long working hours and incompetent product leaders
Beware of the long working hours and incompetent product leaders
Pay was decent, except that the stock only started vesting after 1 year. Eric Yuan is a leader with empathy.
- Have to work China hours if you speak Mandarin, which leads to bad WLB.
- The product head and PMs don't know what they are doing, so there's little revenue in the product. Hard-working engineers were let go.
- Managers are incompetent to manage.
Have a vision for your product.
Do not over-hire when you don't know about the future of the product.
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