Dapper Labs Senior Software Developer reviews

3.3

15% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)
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Roham Gharegozlou

17% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
1.0
Feb 8, 2023

STAY FAR AWAY

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Pros

- You get to work alongside the brightest and passionate people (who have now lost the passion and sparkle in their eye)

Cons

- Leadership is lost - Management is all politics, not diverse, parrots leadership all while providing 0 guidance - Will promote your title, but not your pay - Diversity is all gone (they fired or laid them all off) - Business strategy pivots 3 times each quarter with irrelevant goals - Expects entrepreneurial mentality and output but hires only corporate management with laid back attitudes and old school strategies - You will burn out, and when you do, don't expect any help - Unlimited vacation, but you'll end up working anyways - HR team violates bereavement leave multiple instances (colleagues' experiences)

1.0
Jan 24, 2023
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Pros

- People are mostly friendly and at least act nice - Base pay is generally reasonable for engineering roles

Cons

- The crypto industry is a rapidly-collapsing scam (look it up). Dapper Labs builds nothing of real value. What little real work gets done at Dapper ends up being mostly focussed around "building hype" instead of creating something with lasting value for the consumer. - Culture of managing upward because the CEO is a reckless tyrant. Most people are just focussed on doing what they can to look good for their superiors. This has more to do with paying lip service than actually delivering quality work on time. - No formal system for tracking performance or career progression. - Leadership has no idea what anyone should work on and priorities shift constantly. - Deadlines make no sense and come flying down from leadership without warning, and thus are always missed. Engineers don't have a say in deadlines but are still held to them. The process looks like this: get given insane deadline -> rush out broken code -> rush to fight fires -> rush to fix the code -> repeat. - Very poor work life balance. - The company is running out of money fast and has even resorted to giving people promotions without pay increases. Recent raises have come in the form of worthless crypto with long vesting periods or stock options that you aren't allowed to sell anyway.

4.0
Sep 28, 2021
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Pros

- Great perks (remote first, amazing Vancouver HQ) - excellent growth opportunities, both company and career - work on products directly affecting the future of blockchain

Cons

High pace environment, not for someone who is looking to cruise by. However if you are passionate in your role and making a real difference, there is always room for you to work that into Dapper Labs.

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