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(I’m a cofounder there) You are correct - haven’t actually done this yet since we’ve had no chance to so don’t take too much from this policy until we’ve done
by james_impliu 4y ago
(I’m a cofounder there)
You are correct - haven’t actually done this yet since we’ve had no chance to so don’t take too much from this policy until we’ve done it a few times!
We set up hedgehog.vc which is what we’d use to fund ex employees if you’re curious.
- atwood22 4y agoWhy don’t you do it a few times first before advertising it? It’s be quite sad if someone gave you two years of their life and then have you fall through on your end of the deal.
- james_impliu 4y agoIt's because we wanted our team to be aware that we'd have this intention so we don't miss out! If someone leaves PostHog voluntarily to start a new company (i) that's sad for us but is a pretty cool reason to leave and (ii) if we were willing to employ them, we'd be willing to invest in them more. There are some pieces of missing context I guess. Primarily that we're small still (30 people) so we tend to hire a lot of ex founder / generalist type people (and most are technical) who'd be quite well suited as founders. One thing I will do is add a more detailed handbook entry to create more clarity around this benefit so we don't mislead/confuse. Issue made (https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.com/issues/4013 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.com/issues/4013)!
- searchableguy 4y agoWas it inspired by graphcdn? They have the same benefit. Good to see nonetheless.
- rsstack 4y agoNeat! https://github.com/PostHog/hedgehog.vc/issues/1 https://github.com/PostHog/hedgehog.vc/issues/1