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> However, we do have trouble hiring developers because 1) Glassdoor reviews are bad 2) compensation is small 3) work is frustrating 4) you don't learn anything

> However, we do have trouble hiring developers because 1) Glassdoor reviews are bad 2) compensation is small 3) work is frustrating 4) you don't learn anything from colleagues, unless you learn it yourself and push others to follow suit. You just identified all of the things you need to fix. 1. Glassdoor reviews are bad because the company is bad. 2. People (usually) don't work for the fun of it. Pay your people more. 3. Figure out where the frustrating things are in a given persons day, fix them, rinse, and repeat. Maybe start with adding version control and tests. Those are two big quality of life things that can make things substantially less frustrating for any developer. 4. Set up a required lunch and learn or something. Have the company buy pizza, and have one or two people every week teach the team something new and how it could make your lives better internally and/or how it could make your customers' lives easier. You're not gonna get good engineers for an AI startup if you don't have your ducks in a row first, IMO. Backburner the AI startup, fix your company first, then re-evaluate. All of that said: don't try to give advice in an exit interview. If the management cared about this stuff, they'd proactively ask about it. Telling management why their company is bad on the way out the door is a good way to burn bridges, and while you probably won't ever go back to this company, your managers might go to other places where you'd want to work.

archi42 8y ago
Just to be clear: The first half should be obvious to the asker, and you're totally right about it. But the real reason I upvoted you is the "All of that said:" paragraph. That's the real lesson to be learned here.
- cweagans 8y ago
  Sadly, this is a lesson that I learned more directly than I would have liked. Hopefully OP learns from a helpful HN comment instead. I imagine it's a much easier path.

archi42 8y ago

Just to be clear: The first half should be obvious to the asker, and you're totally right about it. But the real reason I upvoted you is the "All of that said:" paragraph. That's the real lesson to be learned here.

cweagans 8y ago
Sadly, this is a lesson that I learned more directly than I would have liked. Hopefully OP learns from a helpful HN comment instead. I imagine it's a much easier path.