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The first bullet point of the top comment from 5 years ago begins "As the company grows,...". The company has N=20 employees now. How many did they have 5 yea
by jessriedel 8y ago
The first bullet point of the top comment from 5 years ago begins "As the company grows,...". The company has N=20 employees now. How many did they have 5 years ago? N is extremely low for making any generalizations, and it certainly isn't growing like a startup (in the sense Paul Graham uses the term).
- soneca 8y agoAccording to a comment on the original HN thread, their "about" page at the time listed 8 people. 20 is not small enough to make it irrelevant as an experiment in my opinion.
- jessriedel 8y agoThanks for the number! Case studies are not irrelevant, but it's generally a bad idea to generalize from them without strong reasons. It's more like "Here's an effect I notices in my one-off example. Keep an eye for that to see if you notice it elsewhere."