Vantaggi
Visible positive impact on students. If you're able to volunteer with any of the student programs or work on the Fellows team, you'll feel more connected to the organization's mission .
Some incredible co-workers. You'll find that most of the organization's achievements are driven by intelligent, exceptionally driven people. You'll just wish that they were appreciated more, and that others didn't take credit for their work.
Fun events. You'll get to go to a lot of parties and meetups, where you can network and find a better job.
Svantaggi
Great reputation is based on one successful program and some basic talking points, repeated over and over.
High turnover rate. At least 19 in one year. A few people were fired, but most decided to leave. The internal messaging around this is that it's normal for tech, or that it's just what happens when you hire millenials.. except this is a nonprofit with no technical staff and people with different levels of experience left.
Favored staff are allowed a disproportionate share of resources and can operate with little insight or oversight. A lot of ideas with no planning or follow through, which means that some of the opportunities advertised to students will never materialize. Less senior staff are expected to save the day and deliver results, without support or clear parameters.
All of these concerns have been brought to leadership by multiple people over years.