Vantaggi
Having interned in some of them giants on the east coast and feeling the sense of invisibility loom over me constantly, a smaller startup was exactly what I needed. Housed smack dab in the middle of SOHO, that's the last place I expected a tech company to be, but the moment you set foot into the office, you know there's a valid reason to be. Nested on the third floor, with glass windows overlooking Lafayette, Kenmare and Broom street, every time I hit a dead end or struggled to connect the dots, all I needed to do was look out the window and get inspired. There's an industrial grade coffee machine to quench my thirst, 401k's, dental, yoga, and a gym membership, but... that's nothing compared to the people that worked within. The people, the employees and myself included are the ones that make Slader what it is. Regardless of where the conversations went, who I conversed with, be it upper management—the devs or the team I handled, we always landed on precise calculated decisions motivated by factual comprehension and experience on the subject matter. This is what made my work efficient and ebullient, we didn't have the vast resources like our competitors but we still outgrew them year over year and the supportive feedback from our core demographic (the students) is what gave us assurances. When you know what you do is right and there's positive confirmation, the only thing standing between you and success is your imagination backed by the company's innovation.
Svantaggi
NYC is expensive, the winters brutal, but for Slader itself... there's hardly any cons or criticism. To be honest, I'd be nitpicking if I began.