Pros
- Impact: Life at Tempus is incredibly exciting because of our work directly improves lives. Nothing compares to hearing from doctors or patients about the way Tempus has helped them. As an engineer, I never thought I could have that kind of impact on patient lives, so it’s very rewarding and motivating at the same time. - Autonomy: We work in 6-8 person squads and build things in an iterative fashion. As a team, we get to figure out how to build something or what should be done to improve the product. It’s exciting because the work I put in directly moves the product forward rather than getting endless sing-offs and working through executive approvals. We can see progress quickly but we have the responsibility to do things the right way and plan appropriately. - team: the people here are awesome and super smart! I work with PhDs in computational biology, Kaggle Grandmasters and entrepreneurs who’ve built million (and billion) dollar businesses. Its motivating to work on problems with these people and I’m always impressed (and challenged) when I see the progress of other teams.
Cons
- Fast paced environment: we operate and build things in increments and things can change in flight. Also, there’s a lot going on, so it’s hard to keep tabs on what each team is working on. Personally, the pace is exciting because I know things are evolving quickly. - This isn’t a 9-5 job. We work hard and in some cases long hours but it’s for our patients and it’s for our teams. There isn’t busy work here but there’s a lot of work to do to achieve and build what we’ve envisioned. It has a startup hustle mentality but the progress and patient results make it all worth it.
