I think this might be evidence of the trend that is already occurring of IT companies (including startups) becoming more like companies in other industries. Whi

I think this might be evidence of the trend that is already occurring of IT companies (including startups) becoming more like companies in other industries. Which is to say, no champagne on your birthdays. I've noticed less lavishness. It was only a matter of time for the excitement of a whole new industry to begin to wear off. Many components of what is necessary to create a startup are becoming commodified by so called cloud offerings. There is less need to exert the same level of effort to retain your developers and a failure to do so has less consequence.