AFAIK, there has been almost no exodus from Heroku since its acquisition, which is pretty damn uncommon (see Facebook/Google IPOs for example). In fact, there s

AFAIK, there has been almost no exodus from Heroku since its acquisition, which is pretty damn uncommon (see Facebook/Google IPOs for example). In fact, there seems to have been an influx of new awesome developers, which implies it's not just golden handcuffs. I asked a Heroku employee about this, and he attributed it to their awesome culture. It really seems everyone loves it there. Certainly, every Heroku employee I know (sample size: 12ish) has an excitement that doesn't mesh with the tone of this article.