Here's a few observations from 25 years in tech including megacorps: 1) is what you do core to the business? 2) is the company a growth leader? QoQ, YoY, marke

Here's a few observations from 25 years in tech including megacorps: 1) is what you do core to the business? 2) is the company a growth leader? QoQ, YoY, market share, revenue etc. 3) is the company innovating organically 2) and 3) have a fairly big effect on culture. People are busy making shit happen, there's enough exciting projects and career advancement opportunities going around. There's no risk of downsize (firings) so there's less politics it's more about how well you produce. At some point the company gets too big. Organic growth slows, reorgs happen culture slides, "A" player's leave and it just perpetuates. Once company can no longer sustain the growth shareholders demand organically, the culture and quality of job experience slides. That's a good time to bail.