True. Chances are also that our collective estimate of how great a place it is to work at are now more accurate.
That probably says more about the mythological status they had before than about the reality now, but it of course will have an impact on their ability to hire though.
It also should have, and it's normal, and it's how startups turn into big-corps, and that's just the way things are.
The sad truth about culture is that a sustainable culture will feel much more like your parents home than your college dorm; and that will never change... because it's a good thing.
"The sad truth about culture is that a sustainable culture will feel much more like your parents home than your college dorm; and that will never change... because it's a good thing."
That is the single best line I've read about work culture in software companies in......ever.
This does depend on how dysfunctional your parents' marriage was. Though, I suppose a marriage in which both partners feel trapped is sustainably dysfunctional in that it won't end.
That probably says more about the mythological status they had before than about the reality now, but it of course will have an impact on their ability to hire though.
It also should have, and it's normal, and it's how startups turn into big-corps, and that's just the way things are.
The sad truth about culture is that a sustainable culture will feel much more like your parents home than your college dorm; and that will never change... because it's a good thing.