I gave a tech talk at Waterloo today. Afterwards a student asked, "Why did you choose Square?"
That's complicated. But one thing I really like about Square is that we're small enough—and ambitious enough—that every engineer matters. Get hired here, and you'll be working on one of our two flagship products.
- No check-all-the-checkboxes projects.
- No big experimental products to break your heart upon cancellation.
- No internal tools black holes. We didn't write our own issue tracker!
Working for a top-5 tech company is like playing for the Yankees. Working at Square is like pitching for the Blue Jays.