Best combination of cutting edge decentralised tech and flexible work - Distributed Networking Engineer Status Employee Review

5.0
9 Jan 2022
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Pros

Status has core principles that are in line with the founding vision of Ethereum, and they completely stick to it. Status is dedicated to building products and Ethereum infrastructure for the people, that is censorship resistant, transparent, pseudoanonymous, and immutable across the entire Web3 stack: messaging, consensus, and storage. A standout attribute of Status that is different than most companies is that everything, from top to bottom, is completely transparent. As an employee, you get the benefits of: - fully remote and async work environment - flexible hours - great pay (optional crypto pay split) with bonuses in SNT - bleeding edge development on blockchain and decentralised systems - incredible talent pool

Cons

There is a bit of an issue with cohesion across teams, where different teams have different directional concerns (eg some teams are top down driven, where others are more individually driven), communication and information organisational locations/methods, cadence, etc. However, there are bi-weekly townhalls and quarterly strategy meetings that do help to keep everyone at the company in touch with the progress of other teams. In addition, working in some timezones can be a bit isolating (eg APAC).

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5.0
13 Feb 2025
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Pros

The hiring process is well-structured, with interviewers being helpful, communicative, and focused on assessing real skills rather than just theoretical knowledge. Though a bit lengthy.

Cons

High independence can be challenging, but IFT has a strong process and structure for fully remote work

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Pleased to hear you had a positive interview experience- I wonder how many rounds you completed? We aim for 3-5 stage processes across our teams. This is optimal for assessing our candidates fairly and effectively. It also gives you a good chance to familiarise yourself with the team, organisation/culture to see if it will be a good fit for you.
4.0
13 May 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Interview process - You get a very good idea of the kind of work you'll be doing - Interviews focus on the job responsibilities and problem solving specific to the role Company: - Exciting work. Interesting problems - Actually believes in its principles and puts them into practice - Not trying to own the world economy like some sort of super villain - Seems to do a good job at organizing the chaos of remote async-first working across timezones, cultures, etc. Understands that there are tradeoffs in balancing structure and flexibility

Cons

Interview: - Took a significant amount of time and effort for the take-home assignment - Tech curve for understanding and getting to the problem is significant Company: - Typical remote async work cons I suppose: can be overwhelming and seem chaotic, looser structure in terms of process, fast-paced and ever-changing, can be daunting because of the unknowns that come with the tech space, etc - The organizational structure is hard to follow and has changed a lot recently. Status, IFT (Institute of Free Technology), Logos, Nomos, etc.

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