I don't know why this would be true of only small/medium companies. I would say it is true of most companies of any size. Without the right engineering culture

I don't know why this would be true of only small/medium companies. I would say it is true of most companies of any size. Without the right engineering culture you will not be able to enable building anything interesting. Boring technologies seems like a good idea until you realize the market place for software people rewards people with cutting edge experience.