Pros
- Well-stocked pantry - Exposure to various software infrastructure required to build a robot. - Exposure to some of incredibly talented engineers.
Cons
- Complete lack of planning on requested features. You can be asked to work on a feature for days that ended up being not needed anymore. - Complete lack of guidance/on-boarding process & docs for new employees, causing frictions in knowledge transfer. This is mostly because Senior Engineers have not outgrown the mindset of being an employee of a startup. - Minimal hierarchy that results in various levels of engineers to work on similar types of tasks. - Unsustainable software practises or lack thereof. - Some might have the tendency of favortism, which is not good. - A technology company run by a salesman.