Pros
Team: Amazingly talent dense organisation. I ask people about their background and they're like oh I grew up in a village in Portugal then got a scholarship to MIT then did my PhD at CalTech and joined JPL and now I'm a PhysicsX... wow.
Purpose: PhysicsX is using AI to help address some of the biggest industrial challenges in the world around energy, decarbonisation, aerospace and defence and so on - feels good to be doing something meaningful with tech and AI not creating slop videos or whatever.
Travel: great opportunities to travel for customer work and other occasions (we all got together in London before Christmas)
Comp: solid salaries, apparently more of a focus on bonuses going forward which is great, and if it works out the equity should be meaningful - fingers crossed.
Kontras
Scaling: Like any company that's growing this fast it's surfing the line of chaos, and kind of back filling on things like processes. New leadership coming in like Chief Operating Officer, Chief People Officer and so on hopefully help us catch up with ourselves. But not too much bureaucracy please!
Work life balance: it's intense. You learn a tonne, you get things done fast, it's great energy - but it's NOT a nine to five for sure.