When reading these comments, I think it's worth remembering the HN crowd and what kinds of companies they tend to work for, especially the most vocal ones, when

When reading these comments, I think it's worth remembering the HN crowd and what kinds of companies they tend to work for, especially the most vocal ones, when taking their advice. I've worked at a large company, a small and young company and small and very old companies. You learn different things at different companies. It's useful to learn how to be scrappy and fast as a young startup, to learn a little about a LOT of different technologies to push them out as quickly as possible. It's useful to learn how to deep dive and improve features in a small company where you can make real impact, while still having the freedom and cash-flow to go slow and intentional and make big changes in small areas. It's useful to work for a large, established company that has taken its scars and has long, established and hard-fought best practices in place, and where you can work with principal engineers that have made some awesome software. Every kind of company has its benefits.