And what a joy it has been! I’ve never felt better about work in my life. How about some bullet points?

• I’m doing what I’m hired for. This should not be taken for granted. I was not able to do this at my previous job and it wasn’t particularly enjoyable.
• The work is challenging. With just enough familiarity mixed in.
• The work is endless. I’m never bored.
• The work is flexible. I generally work some pretty long hours due to the previous bullet point, but on the other hand recognize when things are slow and am able to take back some of that time.
• Nobody tells me what to do. It is expected that I am smart enough to figure out what needs doing. There are of course larger projects I’m involved in, but the only guidance there is “we need this thing working this way by this date.”
• Similarly, nobody tells me how to do it. I passed the interview process, you can expect and should trust I know how to get things done. Do I write the best code? Absolutely not. Does it get the job done in at least a pretty good manner? Yes.
• There is so much feedback. I’ve yet to receive anything negative, but we’re just coming around to our feedback cycle where your peers provide it to you so I’m hopeful I’ll receive some constructive items this go around (I was only two weeks in last time and folks were gentle). So that leaves the positive – it is plentiful and promotes a culture of everyone being on the same team and wanting the best for that team, which will ease what is typically a blow [at other companies] of negative feedback when it comes; it comes from a place of wanting to improve me and the company.
• We are free to expense anything. Do you know how much savings (time, money, stress) exists when I don’t need to go through multiple levels of approval to buy a $20 doohickey that will make my job easier? Or when I go on a trip and don’t need to track receipts on every $12 bottle of airport water? Again, I passed the interview process, have proven I’m a decent employee and probably human being… just trust me! Sure, there are occasions of abuse, and eventually everything gets reviewed somewhere, but if it isn’t egregious it isn’t being questioned.
• It is a product to be proud of*. Everyone knows what it is and we’re providing entertainment to the world. That said, I think too much screen time is a definite problem with certain or all generations so I’m a bit torn when we’re working to figure out how to better attract things like kids viewing minutes.
• California ain’t bad. I go to the office 2-3 times per year. Spring and fall in Vermont can be… not the best weather. The Bay Area (Los Gatos) is almost always glorious.
• The cafeteria food is insane. Better than most places I eat out at.
• The company is responsible. The offices aren’t extravagant, they haven’t historically over-hired and subsequently forced layoffs like just about every other place I’ve worked.
• They have bidets in the office. Enough said and I’ll end things at that.

The Netflix Culture Memo is a good read for anyone, especially managers and leaders. It is the reason for much of the above. I do apologize about the usability of this fancy new careers site – it is bad and I have provided plenty of feedback on it because that is The Netflix Way^™.