As someone who’s been at companies with far less severe exoduses, it was incredibly demoralizing seeing engineers I considered to be “very good” leaving the com

As someone who’s been at companies with far less severe exoduses, it was incredibly demoralizing seeing engineers I considered to be “very good” leaving the company. I always looked at it as the canary dying in the coal mine. I can’t imagine seeing fully half the staff departing.