Tangentially related: I once worked at a start up that went public. One of the big changes during this time was that they scaled the team substantially. The

Tangentially related: I once worked at a start up that went public. One of the big changes during this time was that they scaled the team substantially. The skill level per person went way down at this time. Eg it was not uncommon for an old timer to be replaced by a team of five when they quit. I was always confused why they did this, but later it seemed to me the goal was to lower their “resignation risk”: rather than rely on hard to find talent (which they had achieved while a start up), they could hire many more “typical” workers that could be more readily replaced if they left.