> To be a successful company, they really only have to be actually good at a few of those things (even less to just survive). Most companies are actually quite

> To be a successful company, they really only have to be actually good at a few of those things (even less to just survive). Most companies are actually quite bad at most of the things they do Yeah, laws and the nature of the job in particular protect the company I work at really well. Specifically, no international players see reason to compete which helps their position (any American startup with an ounce of competence would steamroll our feature set within a year), as well as the customers themselves putting massive emphasis on security over quality. A case of sunken cost fallacy from the customers and first-mover advantage. > If you can leave a situation like that, you absolutely should (unless there’s some other major benefit that would make you want to stay). You're right. Case of risk-adversity kicking in and laziness, along with lack of opportunities presented, but those are personal obstacles and to a large degree, poor excuses.