Pros
A tolerable and orderly environment for junior engineers to acquire their first real professional habits Work is clearly delineated and unlikely to overwhelm those early in their careers Provides a serviceable apprenticeship in contemporary software practices
Cons
Engineering work, once mastered, settles into predictable repetition Product efforts favor regular displays of activity over substantive technical advancement Releases occur with limited forethought, transferring avoidable burden onto engineering The absence of a dependable release pipeline results in unnecessary complexity and recurring friction Platform capabilities remain underdeveloped for an organization of this ambition Senior engineers are often occupied with mitigating preventable inefficiencies rather than advancing the system Decisions are frequently shaped by long-standing personal affiliations, rather than open technical evaluation Appearances are carefully maintained, while genuine engineering momentum lags For senior and lead engineers, opportunities for influence conclude sooner than expected