That's pretty reasonable, but in this case there's no evidence that she wasn't initially excited to be working on whatever it was that the team did. It's often

That's pretty reasonable, but in this case there's no evidence that she wasn't initially excited to be working on whatever it was that the team did. It's often quite difficult to make that assessment going in, and based on the tone of the article, it reveals a sense of disappointment. I always read up on a company and the product I'd be working on before doing an interview, because I'm critical of the companies I choose to work for—if it's a choice. However, in my last place, my naive optimism was kind of dampened in the first little while despite the product being interesting. You never really know, but if you're optimistic, you might just try and make the best of it for a while.