[Sydneyco]

I worked at different startups while being a freelancer. The one that provided the best environment for me to work as an engineer:

- Great welcome packages (computer all set up, some cool swag, and a person I could easily ask questions)

- Unlimited budgets for tools I judge necessary

- Time for learning. One company had a moment once every two weeks where an engineer would present his findings about a new technology. You could choose to share anything you thought was interesting for others in your team. Could have been a git functionality, a new framework, or a tool.

- Daily standups and very few to no meetings during the day. => This is important. One startup I worked at had me in meetings half a day and was expecting me to ship like I was working a full day.