> The average corporation doesn't go bankrupt, so you moved the goalpost from "corporation" to "startup". For a lot of corporations, making the jump to softwar

> The average corporation doesn't go bankrupt, so you moved the goalpost from "corporation" to "startup". For a lot of corporations, making the jump to software is effectively starting a new company within the company. > To me it sounds like going bankrupt is bad, so we as developers should strive to prevent our employers from going bankrupt, no? Bad hires tank companies. > So if you work for a startup that you know is going to hire mediocre developers after you, surely you should strive to leave behind the kind of codebase that doesn't bankrupt the company after you leave? That's a red flag right here. It means sell your RSU as soon as you can.