Having seen this up close, it's mainly a combination of a strong growth mentality and willingness to adapt, plus survivorship bias. For the former, a lot of co

Having seen this up close, it's mainly a combination of a strong growth mentality and willingness to adapt, plus survivorship bias. For the former, a lot of company scaling isn't really that hard - it's hard because it's busy, varied, and relentless, but it isn't like quantum physics where most people just can't neurologically handle it. You also have to do it if you want to keep your job so obviously there's strong incentive to learn. Basically if you're willing to learn and adapt (often requires many humbling or embarrassing moments), you just figure it out.