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> you do not have a successful company until your small team is on fire... One of the things I loved - positively loved - about the Starfighter team, is that w
by SyneRyder 10y ago
> you do not have a successful company until your small team is on fire...
One of the things I loved - positively loved - about the Starfighter team, is that when the servers were crashing over the Christmas holidays, there were times when the team said (paraphrasing, from memory) "We've implemented some fixes & done what we've can, but now we're going home to enjoy Christmas with our families and children".
I love that. It's not worth impacting your kid's Christmas just to keep your servers slightly more efficient. I certainly wouldn't want recruiters placing me with companies that would throw me into death marches. I feel the Starfighter team have quality of life in their DNA, and I trust that the clients they work with are handpicked to also be great places to work. Flip that too much & I think Starfighters would lose their value proposition, may as well try another recruiter.
- tyre 10y agoSee my reply to @birken above. I don't have a problem with them specifically prioritizing Christmas vacation. It was more a comment on finding product-market fit. And to your point, quality-of-life is super important in the long term. When you're small and don't have money (not sure about their funding situation), you are default dead until you hit that product-market fit.
- SyneRyder 10y agoOoh, I love that last sentence! You're right, vacation is one thing, but being profitable and never having to worry about money is also important to quality-of-life.