Pros
The overwhelming majority of employees will gladly celebrate their cool tech job on social media while slowly dying inside. Yes, it looks awesome on your resume and in fairness, there are many challenges that will help you grow.. because you have to (bend or you’ll break, sink or swim). But the volume, pressure, and standards for the work you do here are so outrageous and that you receive so much praise if it’s discovered that you’ve worked there more than a year. This place is a fast track to burnout. Nobody cares for your well-being because your struggle with keeping up is never seen as a problem with the company. It’s just interpreted as, “they just don’t have what it takes to make it in tech.” You’re so replaceable that they have no incentive to care for you, retain you, or check in on you. I’ve made great friends here and met some amazing people. But overall.. worse manager I’ve ever had and my lifespan has been shortened by this place.
Cons
Stress, unfair comp structure (some benefit hugely and some are completely f’d over)