The latter is rarely effective for a small company imo and is way more of a dangerous cargo cult in my experience. It's like trying to swim while wearing shackl

The latter is rarely effective for a small company imo and is way more of a dangerous cargo cult in my experience. It's like trying to swim while wearing shackles. One principle I think about when refactoring, is reversibility. If something turns out to be wrong, can you change your mind with minimal cost? To generalize, when trying something, can it be tried and backed out for minimal cost, while providing good information? I also always find it weird how nobody picks other giant companies to emulate, nobody's like "Well JP Morgan has great employee mortgage rates!" or whatever. For the answer, I think one can analyze their marketing and how the culture once perceived SV and the startup scene.