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Most companies I’ve worked for in 20 years doing this were a mess in one way or another, but also generally delivered an acceptable if inconsistent outcome. I’
by benreesman 3y ago
Most companies I’ve worked for in 20 years doing this were a mess in one way or another, but also generally delivered an acceptable if inconsistent outcome.
I’ve had a few brief spells at companies in their “golden days”, where it just sings. Every once in a while there’s plenty of budget because the product market fit is hand-in-glove, and the first people set an aggressive but achievable bar for quality, and a mentoring culture emerged, and leadership still knew their trade.
That’s a quarter of my career at best, but it’s the stuff you remember.
- hondo77 3y agoYeah, I was at a company when we were on top of the world. For a few years we could do no wrong but even when we hit our peak, behind the scenes it was chaos (and we assumed "the other guys" actually knew what they were doing while we were just winging it). How we were able to achieve so much during so much craziness is still amazing to me. It didn't last very long, of course, but at least I got to experience something like that--most people don't.