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> It seems like this would also select the kind of engineers who aren’t willing to say “no, that’s a dumb approach, we shouldn’t do that, here’s an alternative
by aristofun 4y ago
> It seems like this would also select the kind of engineers who aren’t willing to say “no, that’s a dumb approach, we shouldn’t do that, here’s an alternative”?
This is exactly the reason why any big enough company is eventually going to s*hit
And why founding team doesn’t stay long in a successful startup.
- nicoburns 4y ago> And why founding team doesn’t stay long in a successful startup. Doesn't the founding team get to determine the hiring practices?
- Kon-Peki 4y agoThere's only 24 hours in a day.
- nicoburns 4y agoWell sure, but one would expect the founding team to do the early interviews, and then setup the process that's followed by later hires, no? Also, I would have thought that hiring would pretty much top priority. The employees make or break a company.
- aristofun 4y agoBusiness processes and traditions are not a source code. It always changes and evolves with people and millions other factors. One of the factors — it’s too risky for a big company not to hire based on obedience.
- aristofun 4y agoIt's not that they have much choice once company grow in complexity beyond something that a small group of people can possibly handle.