Pros
-The overall product idea is very good and is valuable -Many talented people who want to do a good job -For a start-up, has decent benefits -Is a market leader in the space -Lack of process and oversight allows for a lot of freedom in most jobs
Cons
-Company continues to shoot itself in the foot -Releases buggy software that repeatedly impacts customers -Fails to adapt to larger company business models and expectations -Lacks significant marketing and sales collateral -Product management lacks cohesive vision, chasing technology and not business value -Promotes people who are good at their current job, not good for the role they are assuming. Many managers were good individual contributors but are failing at leading their teams -Still relies on a relative few trusted technical specialists to do most of the work, struggles to build processes that are repeatable and empower new people to share the load. Cracks is Customer results are beginning to show and some people are burning out because of this