Pros
- You get to work on the most advanced computing platforms ever created, so advanced that they're beginning to think like humans. Let that sink in - Heavy focus on R&D. Make computing solutions that no one else could possibly create and slap a product name on it. That's NVIDIA Example: "Why don't we make the GPUs programmable for non-graphics tasks!? Let's see what happens agghhhhhhHHHH!!!" * AI Boom commences * - Final Boss Technical Experts. I've been on so many meetings/calls where you don't know someone, but what they're saying is absolutely next level and you have nothing but respect for them. No ego, no berating, just straight up knowledge experts. It drives you to want to be that good - I can literally reach out to anyone in the company. I have to, I'm a program manager. I don't deal with "How dare you talk to so and so without consulting so and so" No red tape, just do. Just make sure when you reach out you do your homework first since a lot of technical experts are obviously very busy - On the welfare of your employees front... doing the exact opposite of whatever the hell the rest of the Valley is doing currently I know crushing your employees, laying them off, labeling them as low-performers and occasionally offering them as sacrifice to the Gods is the hip, trendy thing to do as of late, but it never works long-term Past Valley greats did the exact same thing at their peak and it ended terribly for them. Some of them were competitors to NVIDIA, now they're not, oh well Foolish... but welcome
Cons
- You did it, you did the impossible that has never been done before! Okay... time to do the impossible again... and again... and again..... and again... (repeats exponentially) Just be prepared for that and you'll do fine. It can get rough at times, but it will make you stronger, I promise. It's a marathon - Not on NVIDIA itself, but just the societal reality of working here now *** WARNING - RANT *** For years, nobody cared about us since the world was focused on companies like SnapChug, Tweeter, FaceBong, YoloMcSwapChad or whatever. We suddenly got big and the societal attention it brings SUCKS Use Linkedin? Get ready for every Financial Advisor, Realtor, Tech Journalist or extremely desperate job seeker will hit you up NON-STOP. Just ignore Someone asks "What do you for a living?!?" Personally, I deflect and tell them I work for a paper distribution company located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. If NVIDIA gets brought up, good luck and get ready for the same dumb conversation you always have when it gets brought up Is it a first world problem? Sure, but after reading about the horror stories that face big ticket lottery winners, it's kind of similar in a way I like working with really fast computers, that's it. The moment I'm not working just leave me alone and let me live my life hahaha