> This whole "let's over hire while the VC money is flowing and mass lay off as soon as it's not" thing will make talent think twice before applying If it did,

> This whole "let's over hire while the VC money is flowing and mass lay off as soon as it's not" thing will make talent think twice before applying If it did, why were people applying since the cycle has repeated many times already? The dot.com crash happened after all. Also, VCs generally give the company money for the purpose of growing, so when the VC money is flowing you kinda have to do that.