Pros
DFINITY is building a platform that has the potential to change the world. The team is full of smart, passionate, and professional people. Salary and perks are on par with top tech companies.
Cons
The founder is very smart, but has shortcommings: - Does not listen - No empathy and no attempt to empathize - Highjacks meetings and talks over everyone else - Surrounds himself with "yes men" who rarely (never?) question his poor decisions - Does not trust his employees (especially new ones) - Seems to have no idea what he's doing outside engineering - Tries to solve every problem, when there are others more equipped to solve them - Doesn't use team wide communication tool (Slack) and unavailable to anyone lower than VP - Only empowers company engineers / scientists, leaving everyone else to feel 2nd class - Doesn't value what he doesn't understand (HR, customer service, marketing, design, product, relations, etc) yet acts like he knows it all or dismisses it outright - Has no idea how to give feedback let alone positive feedback - Has no idea why company values are important - Doesn't adhere to legal or marketing communication strategies when Tweeting, putting the org in legal jeopardy - Highly reactive to external pressures risking company strategy and focus - Constantly changes project owners halfway through projects - Spins up new projects expecting someone is available to lead them without hiring new people - Romantically embraces startup culture which is often hectic, inefficient, poorly managed, overly stressful, causes burnout, and usually fails - Although he is anti-corporate culture, his top down approach makes it feel like a corporation, just poorly managed