Hey @shostack, thanks for reading! From what I've observed this does not tend to get looked down upon severely, and if anything it's usually the opposite. If s

Hey @shostack, thanks for reading! From what I've observed this does not tend to get looked down upon severely, and if anything it's usually the opposite. If someone sees that you took X from 0-100, they'll already be impressed even if you struggled at 100-1000 (unless that's very specifically what they need). It's also not that easy to do the forensics to realize that someone had trouble scaling, and most resume readers won't care enough to uncover that relatively minor detail. Additionally, many people transition out of scaling startups of their own accord – eg you get "topped" by an outside hire and bounce on good terms. People get it. There are tens of millions of interviewers out there, however, so YMMV for any one case.