Airbnb reviews

Airbnb has a strong positive culture - People are genuinely invested in the company / product and constantly talking about ways to make it better. It's intoxicating and makes it a lot more fun to go to work and think of your own ideas to improve Airbnb. For an engineer, a relatively small team (~140 engineers) working on a complex product makes for lots of opportunities for impact and ownership, even in the first couple months. The fast growth also adds to the ownership and career advancement opportunities, since a relatively short tenure at Airbnb can become seniority with all of the expansion and hiring. Additionally I feel like I've learned a ton both from other engineers and working collaboratively with designers, data scientists, and producers (product managers). Overall I don't think I would have shipped nearly the diverse and impactful set of projects at another company, nor feel the same sense of community among my team and coworkers. I interviewed at many companies before choosing Airbnb and I've never even been tempted to look back!

Management direction, brilliant people, opportunity to be a cereal entrepreneur.