Pros
- The benefits and perks here are the best I've had in my entire career (full health care coverage, office meals, wellness benefit, team off sites). - You are given a high level of autonomy over your work. You have the space to make real impact and are trusted as a subject matter expert from day one. - The team is talent dense. There's a saying that you are the "average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with", so on a talent dense team you are consistently pushed to get better. Being surrounded by highly engaged, highly competent colleagues is a real privilege.
Cons
- It is an intentionally small team that is very disciplined about adding new headcount. If you want to work on a large team, this may not be the right place. - There is an undercurrent of "what if we could do this 10x better?" and "what if we could do this 10x faster?" It's all in service of doing innovative work and while it's intense, it's not chaotic. Still, that's exhilarating for some, but overwhelming for others. - The reality of talent density is there's a high bar for talent and you will be held to that high standard. Direct, candid feedback and intense coaching for underperformance is not for everyone.
