> But the companies I worked for also had billions in the bank, so maybe this just implies that companies of that size don't need engineers to look at KPIs. In

> But the companies I worked for also had billions in the bank, so maybe this just implies that companies of that size don't need engineers to look at KPIs. Indeed. Things are a little different at a startup when there are ten of you sitting in one big room and the business lives or dies based on what each and every person does in that room.