Cool AI startup to work for among crypto folks - Anonymous employee Scale Employee Review

1.0
Mar 9, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people know what they are doing and they are good to work with. Yet they depart when they reach the vesting cliff. If you are good at bsing about tech that you know little about, you will do very well in this company.

Cons

Ex scale ppl seem embarrassed to admit that they worked here. People who work in the ML space also seem to have a low opinion of this company. The company has been working on ML products for a while to move away from its reputation as a data labeler, but that hasn't happened yet. This company hasn't built any tech likely because the engineering org is run by a fired vp from another co whose survival strategy is either actively avoiding discussing anything technical or staff turnover. There's a lot of nonsense going on here.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

- Lot of flexibility as you get a say in how much core platform vs. customer-specific work you want to take up - Exciting growth avenues being pursued by organization in both enterprise and public sectors - Heavy emphasis on internal tooling being built that augments developer experience and pace of client delivery

Cons

- Sometimes, the team moves at a rapid pace at expense of sustainability/maintainability for short-term wins. - Lots of internal tooling being built are prematurely deployed for developers, and a lot of time goes into back-and-forth for gains that will only be visible in a large lookahead.

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

- work with top tier clients across AI research - fast paced projects with insane amount of autonomy from day 1 - really solid pay for non-technical role - in-office/remote flexibility - nice office - accessible leadership - ability to pivot to new stuff if you do well - strong network with alumni all over AI - friendly folks - tech atmosphere with high degree of flexibility

Cons

- long hours but you start late and can wfh - weekends - not very structured and constantly changinf

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